[ˈdʒaknʌɪf], (Noun)

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- a large knife with a folding blade.

- a dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened.

- a method of assessing the variability of data by repeating a calculation on the sets of data obtained by removing one value from the complete set.


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[ˈdʒaknʌɪf], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move one's body into a bent or doubled-up position
(e.g: she jackknifed into a sitting position)


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