to jackknife
3
8.0
- verb
- /ˈdʒæknaɪf/
- Specialized
:
hacer tijera
- When the truck hit the brakes suddenly, it jackknifed and slid off the road.
- truck jackknifed
- tractor-trailer jackknifed
- trailer jackknifed
Examples
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We've got a jackknifed tractor-trailer at Route 22 in Devonshire.
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...has jackknifed on the Williamsburg Bridge a few minutes ago.
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Got a jackknifed truck up on Route 5.
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After his truck jackknifed off a country road, he sustained severe brain damage.
Academic text (2009) -
Tractor jackknifed about five mile up.
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One of those manure spreaders jackknifed on the Santa Ana.
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I've already spoken with some of the people who were on the bridge when the tanker jackknifed.
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In the midst of the accident, the tanker had jackknifed across both lanes of the road and completely blocked traffic in both directions.
Fiction book (2001) -
The interstate was shut down overnight from Morgantown to the Maryland line after five tractor-trailers jackknifed.
Blog text (20) -
We've got a jackknifed produce truck on the westbound side of the 10 spreading tomatoes all over the roadway.
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Etymology
Jackknife (to fold sharply) also comes from the folding knife idea: when a truck and trailer fold together into a V-shape it looks like a pocket knife closing, so drivers say the vehicle has 'jackknifed'.