Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jackknifed

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables
jack-knifed
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does jackknifed mean?
simple past and past participle of jackknife

How to pronounce jackknifed

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