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   jackknife

   /ˈdʒaknʌɪf/

   noun

   • 1. a large knife with a folding blade.
   • 2. a dive in which the body is first bent at the waist and then straightened.
   • 3. a method of assessing the variability of data by repeating a calculation on the sets of data obtained by removing one value from the complete set.

   verb

   • 1. move one's body into a bent or doubled-up position: "she jackknifed into a sitting position"
   • ▪ (of an articulated vehicle) bend into a V-shape in an uncontrolled skidding movement: "the accident happened when a lorry jackknifed"
   • ▪ (of a diver) perform a jackknife.

   Scrabble Points: 29

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › JacknifeJacknife - Wikipedia

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   Jacknife is a 1989 American film starring Robert De Niro as a Vietnam War veteran who falls in love with his friend's sister. The film is based on a play by Stephen Metcalfe and was nominated for a Golden Globe.

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4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › jackknifeJackknife Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   The meaning of JACKKNIFE is a large strong pocketknife. How to use jackknife in a sentence.

5. www.imdb.com › title › tt0097607Jacknife (1989) - IMDb

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   Jacknife: Directed by David Hugh Jones. With Robert De Niro, Kathy Baker, Ed Harris, Sloane Shelton. Two Vietnam vets search for the strength to face up to their horrific war experiences, but their friendship begins to splinter when one becomes romantically involved with the other's sister.

   • 6.4/10 (6.6K)
   • Genre: Drama, War

   • Director: David Hugh Jones
   • Release Date: 1989-03-10

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7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishJACKKNIFE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   JACKKNIFE definition: 1. If a truck that has two parts jackknifes, one part moves around so far towards the other part…. Learn more.

8. www.youtube.com › watchJacknife - Trailer - (1989) - HQ - YouTube

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   Trailer for David Jones's film starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker, Charles S. Dutton, Loudon Wainwright III, Tom Isbell,

   • Video Duration: 2 min
   • Views: 98.5K

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9. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › jacknifeJacknife - Rotten Tomatoes

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   R 1989 1h 42m Drama CTA List. 64% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 47% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings. A Vietnam-veteran car mechanic (Robert De Niro) awkwardly romances his troubled war buddy's (Ed Harris ...

   • 64% (14)
   • Category: Drama

   • Content Rating: R

10. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › jacknife-1989Jacknife movie review & film summary (1989) - Roger Ebert

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    Jacknife. 120 minutes ‧ R ‧ 1989. Roger Ebert. March 24, 1989. 4 min read. There is a sense in which “Jacknife” is a continuation of “ The Deer Hunter,” the 1979 movie in which a group of friends from a working-class town in Pennsylvania went off to fight the war in Vietnam.