Definition of Jackknifes

1. Verb. (third-person singular of jackknife) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jackknifes

1. jackknife [v] - See also: jackknife

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackknifes

jackfruits
jackhammer
jackhammered
jackhammering
jackhammers
jackhole
jackholes
jackies
jacking
jacking off
jacking up
jackknife
jackknife-fish
jackknife clam
jackknifed
jackknifes (current term)
jackknifing
jackknives
jackleg
jacklegs
jacklight
jacklighted
jacklighting
jacklights
jackman
jackmen
jackoff
jackoffs
jackplane
jackplanes

Literary usage of Jackknifes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"This withered root of knots of hair Slitted below and gashed with eyes, This oval O cropped out with teeth: The sickle motion from the thighs jackknifes ..."

2. Market Effects of Crop Support Measures by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Oecd, SourceOECD (Online service) (2001)
"Bootstrap Method: Another Look at the jackknifes Annals of Statistics. 7. pp. 1-26. Efron. B. and Tibshirani. RJ (1993). An Introduction to the Bootstraps ..."

3. Poetica Erotica: A Collection of Rare and Curious Amatory Verse by Thomas Robert Smith (1921)
"This withered root of knots of hair Slitted below and gashed with eyes, This oval O cropped out with teeth: The sickle motion from the thighs jackknifes ..."

4. Market Effects of Crop Support Measures by OECD Staff, (Paris) Organisation for Economic Co-ope, Oecd, SourceOECD (Online service) (2001)
"Bootstrap Method: Another Look at the jackknifes Annals of Statistics. 7. pp. 1-26. Efron. B. and Tibshirani. RJ (1993). An Introduction to the Bootstraps ..."

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