Jackknife

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jackknife \Jack"knife`\, n.
     A large, strong clasp knife for the pocket; a pocket knife.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  jackknife
       n 1: a large knife with one or more folding blades [syn: {clasp
            knife}]
       2: a dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before
          straightening out
       v : dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right
           angle, like a jackknife
       [also: {jackknives} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  75 Moby Thesaurus words for "jackknife":
     adz, ax, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bread knife,
     bushwhacker, butcher knife, cannonball, carving knife, chaser,
     chisel, cleaver, clipper, clippers, crash dive, dagger, dive, drop,
     fall, gainer, gouge, hack, hatchet, header, hoe, hunting knife,
     knife, lance, lancet, letter-opener, machete, mattock, nippers,
     nose dive, paper cutter, paper knife, parachute jump, paring knife,
     penknife, pick, pickax, pitch, plowshare, plunge, pounce,
     power dive, razor, razor blade, running dive, saw knife, sax,
     scalpel, scissors, scoop, scraper, scuffle hoe, scythe, share,
     shears, sheath knife, sickle, sidecutters, sky dive, snips, spear,
     spokeshave, stationary dive, stoop, surgical knife, swan dive,
     swoop, sword, table knife, wedge