Jackknife

Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "jackknife" can be used as noun and verb.

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Context

sport statistics

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

dive dive diving pocket knife pocketknife

Type Of (IsA)

Manner Of

Related Terms

estimator resampling

Synonym Network

clasp knife leave one out

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