Definitions For Jackknife

noun

  • A dive in which the diver bends to touch the ankles before straightening out
  • A large knife with one or more folding blades
  • A small knife that has a folding blade
  • A dive in which you bend from the waist and touch your ankles and then straighten out

verb

  • Dive into the water bending the body at the waist at a right angle, like a jackknife
  • To bend in the middle like a folding jackknife ; especially of a large truck : to have the back part slide out of control toward the front part

Is Jackknifes a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
30
Words with Friends
34

The word Jackknife is worth 30 points in Scrabble and 34 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Jackknife in a Sentence

  • The truck jackknifed on the icy road.

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