Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jackknife

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: jack-knife
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of jack-knife.

noun

A resampling method that applies estimators to all subsamples that each omit a single different group (possibly of a single datapoint) of the original sample to provide a sample distribution of the estimate.

verb

Alternative form of jack-knife.

Example Sentences

"[…] near it is a cluster of weapons of villanous aspect, comprising every thing from a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife or a Smith & Wesson revolver."

Inflected Forms

jackknives (plural) jackknifes (present, singular) jackknifing (participle, present) jackknifed (participle, past) jackknifed (past)

Derived Forms

antijackknife

Synonyms

leave-one-out clasp knife

Questions

What does jackknife mean?: Alternative spelling of jack-knife.

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