Jackknife
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A jackknife, or pocket knife, is a compact, foldable knife.
Jackknife may also refer to:
Places
- Jackknife Bascule Bridge, in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Art, entertainment, and media
Film
- Jacknife (1989), an American film
Television
- Jackknife, a character from the television series Superjail!
- "Jack Knife", an episode of the seventh season of NCIS
Athletics and sports
- Jackknife (exercise), an abdominal exercise
- Jackknife, a kicking move involving 540-degree rotation
- Jackknife, a type of high dive
- Jackknife hold, a pinning move in professional wrestling
Other uses
- Jackknife (statistics), a resampling technique in statistics
- Jackknife clam
- Jackknifing, a complication in vehicular towing
- To fold on itself at an acute angle like a folding pocketknife
See also
- The Jack-Knife Man, a 1920 film
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