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jack-knifing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
jack--knif-ing
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of jack-knife

Questions

What does jack-knifing mean?
present participle and gerund of jack-knife

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