jack-knife - Definition from the MOTOR VEHICLES topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: MOTOR VEHICLES

jack-knife
2 verb

jack-knife2 [intransitive]

TTC if a large vehicle with two parts jack-knifes, it slides out of control and the back part swings towards the front part:

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The truck skidded on the ice and jack-knifed.

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