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Word: Jackknife
Speech Type: Noun
ˈdʒaknʌɪf
a large knife with a folding blade.
Short Definition:knife with folding blade
a dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened.
Short Definition:type of dive
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.
Short Definition:method of assessing variability of data
Word: Jackknife
Speech Type: Verb
ˈdʒaknʌɪf
move one's body into a bent or doubled-up position
Short Definition:move body into bent position
Examples:- she jackknifed into a sitting position
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