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jack-knifed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
jack--knifed
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of jack-knife

Questions

What does jack-knifed mean?
simple past and past participle of jack-knife

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