JACKKNIFE
9 letters · 2 syllables · noun, verb
Definition of JACKKNIFE
A compact folding knife.
"He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks."
The front-dive pike, in which the body folds and unfolds.
"It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife"
A semi-trailer truck accident in which the vehicle mimics the closing of a jack-knife.
"I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road."
To fold in the middle, as a jackknife does.
"The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet."
To cause a semi-trailer truck to fold like a jackknife in a traffic accident.
"Before I knew what was happening, I'd jack-knifed the truck."
A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.
Examples of JACKKNIFE in a Sentence
- "He kept a jack-knife in his pocket for various tasks."
- "It took me hundreds of dives to master even the simple jackknife"
- "I have seen several jack-knives along that dangerous stretch of road."
- "The cat jackknifed in the air and landed gracefully on its feet."
Word Details
Is JACKKNIFE a Scrabble Word?
Yes, JACKKNIFE is a valid word in the following dictionaries:
Tip: JACKKNIFE uses 9 letters. Look for double or triple letter squares under high-value tiles to maximize your score.
Letter Values for JACKKNIFE
Point breakdown for each letter in Scrabble and Words With Friends.
| Letter | j | a | c | k | k | n | i | f | e | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scrabble | 8 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 29 |
| WWF | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
Words You Can Make With the Letters in JACKKNIFE
95 words from the letters in JACKKNIFE
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How to Use JACKKNIFE in Word Games
JACKKNIFE is worth 29 points in Scrabble and 33 points in Words With Friends, making it a high-scoring word.
Looking for more words from these letters? Unscramble JACKKNIFE to find 95 additional valid words.