jackknife
(dʒæknaɪf )
Word forms: jackknifes, jackknifing, jackknifed
intransitive verb
If a truck that is in two parts jackknifes, the back part swings around at a sharp angle to the front part in an uncontrolled way as the truck is moving.
Traffic on the Pacific Highway near Yatala was delayed early yesterday after a semi-trailer jackknifed and left the road.
Image of jackknife
© Tochanchai, Shutterstock
- to set to work
- to set your face against sth
- to set your heart on something
- to set your mind/have your mind set on sth
- to set your mind on sth
- to set your teeth on edge
- to shake hands
- to shake like a leaf
- to shake someone's hand
- to shake the foundations of something
- to shed light on something
- to shoot from the hip
- to shoot yourself in the foot
- to shorten the odds
- to show someone the door
- to show your face
- to shudder to think
- to shut the door in someone's face
- to sign one's own death warrant
- to sign on the dotted line
- to sing from the same song sheet
- to sing someone's praises
- to sink without trace
- to sit on the fence
- to sit tight