jackknifed
past participle, past simple ofjackknife
jackknife
verb[I]
uk/ˈdʒæk.naɪf/us/ˈdʒæk.naɪf/If atruckthat has twopartsjackknifes, onepartmovesaround sofartowards the otherpartthat it cannot bedriven:
Theoiltankerjackknifed afterskiddingon theice.
On the road: accidents involving vehicles
- anti-collision
- bird strike
- brake
- car crash
- crash-landing
- cropper
- derail
- derailment
- overshoot
- prang
- rear-end
- road toll
- roadkill
- RTA
- rubbernecking
- run(something)intosomething/someone
- runsomeone/somethingdown
- sideswipe
- smash
- stack
Examplesofjackknifed
jackknifed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Both methods inevitably leave thejackknifeddata sets less balanced than the original one.
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Assuming that the dominance of mutations is the same for all traits, we calculated the mean dominance, weighted by the inverse of thejackknifedstandard errors.
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Examination of the results of each simulation reveals that this behaviour is due to a small number of cases where thejackknifedestimates are wildly inaccurate.
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I have seen traffic on that road held up for a matter of four or five hours in the winter because one lorry hasjackknifed.
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In 1981, 10 lorriesjackknifedin fatal and serious accidents.
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The drivers of the car and the tractor-trailer thatjackknifedwere not hurt.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The destroyerjackknifedand went down rapidly.
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