Definition for Jackknife:

• A large pocket knife.

Synonyms for Jackknife:

• n.

  •
  • break down,
  • blindside,
  • blowout,
  • aquaplane,
  • broadside,
  • bang up,
  • car crash,
  • breakdown,
  • accident,
  • collision.
  •
  • bathe,
  • breaststroke,
  • decompression,
  • bathing,
  • belly flop,
  • backstroke,
  • cannonball,
  • the butterfly,
  • crawl.
  •
  • palette knife,
  • penknife.
  •act (noun)
  • jackknife.
  •clasp knife (noun)
  • clasp knife.
  •pocket knife (noun)
  • case knife,
  • Barlow knife.
  •swan dive (noun)
  • swallow dive,
  • gainer,
  • jackknives,
  • gainers,
  • cannonballs,
  • plunge.
  •tool (noun)
  • hedge trimmer,
  • crosscut saw,
  • monkey wrench,
  • chisel,
  • tire iron,
  • ball-peen hammer,
  • spade,
  • band saw,
  • buzz saw,
  • jigsaw,
  • snips,
  • lathe,
  • shears,
  • wrench,
  • emery wheel,
  • sickle,
  • plane,
  • planer,
  • jointer,
  • hammer,
  • ripsaw,
  • stapler,
  • pliers,
  • posthole auger,
  • square,
  • mallet,
  • scythe,
  • axe,
  • radial arm saw,
  • knife,
  • level,
  • file,
  • punch,
  • gouge,
  • hoe,
  • vise,
  • spoke shave,
  • drill,
  • wrecking bar,
  • coping saw,
  • claw hammer,
  • pick,
  • table saw,
  • hatchet,
  • welder,
  • calipers,
  • hacksaw,
  • shovel,
  • edger,
  • lug wrench,
  • spanner,
  • Drill press,
  • Bow-saw,
  • bench drill,
  • saw,
  • sledgehammer,
  • miter box,
  • auger,
  • keyhole saw,
  • tool,
  • screwdriver,
  • pickax,
  • wedge,
  • grindstone,
  • handsaw,
  • crowbar,
  • back saw,
  • chain saw,
  • tin snips,
  • circular saw,
  • scissors,
  • machete,
  • grapnel,
  • pipe wrench,
  • scroll saw,
  • cold chisel,
  • arc welder,
  • awl,
  • trowel.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • switchblade,
  • paper knife,
  • Stanley knife,
  • sheath knife,
  • X-Acto,
  • flick knife,
  • letter opener.
  •
  • Swiss army knife.
  •
  • stiletto.

Jackknife Sentence Examples:

• I have placed it among the autumn games, but we all know that, except in winter when the conditions are unfavorable, it can be played at any time, where two boys and a jackknife can be assembled, with reasonably soft, smooth ground on which to play.

• When he was not asleep, or playing a complicated kind of Patience with a ragged pack of cards of his own, - a game that I never saw before or since, and in which he recorded his winnings by sticking his jackknife into the table, - when he was not engaged in either of these pursuits, he would ask me to read to him, -" Foreign language, dear boy!"

Homophones for Jackknife:

• jamb, jumbo, jumpy, jambeau, Jim Bowie, jacksnipe, jump, Jimmy Hoffa, jump off.

Hyponym for Jackknife:

• n.

  • act
    dive, diving.

• v.

  • motion
    dive.