jackknife

The keys for these models are jackknife fobs, wherein the metal blade of the key can fold in and out of the plastic fob.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 1, 2023

The officer had gotten out of a vehicle after seeing a semi-trailer jackknife on the road and the patrol car was struck by a passenger car.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 10, 2022

So you get into that situation, the dynamics of sliding on ice — you hit the brakes, and trucks tend to jackknife.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022

Digging with a garden shovel and jackknife, Kathy Wankel unearthed a complete T rex arm.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 1, 2019

My brother has a hammer and some wood, and his own jackknife.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

The catalog explains how Mr. Donati, a native of Milan, traveled in the American Southwest and Hudson Bay in the 1930s and traded European pheasant feathers, beads and jackknives for Indian artwork.

From New York Times ● May 6, 2010

Administration supporters downtown and on Capitol Hill already had their jackknives out, were busily whittling away at the rotten wood of the Neutrality Act.

From Time Magazine Archive

He reports he performed the movie's swan dives and jackknives in "all but a fraction of a shot."

From Time Magazine Archive

Traditional folders, jackknives and fixed-blade knives such as the Bear Paw, Middleman and Sharpfinger have been standards in the Imperial Schrade product line.

From Time Magazine Archive

He wanted to sit with them on curbstones and compare the sharpness of jackknives, the distance and arcs of spitting.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison

It jackknifes its sleek body and leaps out of my hand, scurrying off into the landscaping.

From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2019

“The problem is when a tractor-trailer jackknifes, it’s not like a Honda Accord, — it takes out the entire roadway,” he said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2018

You may not be able to perform as many jackknifes, and that's fine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2014

Here, the cities of Florence and Muscle Shoals flank opposite sides of the Tennessee River just before it jackknifes back up into the state from whence it came.

From Southern Living ● Dec. 25, 2012

Legg not only jackknifes over eleven barrels but also leaps through a revolving, flaming ring.

From Time Magazine Archive

On Interstate 80 over the Sierra on Friday, multiple vehicles spun out and a big rig jackknifed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2024

Parts of Interstate 80 between Des Moines and Iowa City were repeatedly snagged overnight by jackknifed tractor-trailers and multiple-car pileups, the Department of Transportation reported.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024

The big rig’s front end was pushed into the SUV’s left side, and two empty trailers were jackknifed behind it.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023

Four lorries have jackknifed in an eight-vehicle crash, causing major delays on a main road through Essex.

From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2023

The Pastor jackknifed forward, leaning in so close his soupy breath pressed at my face.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx

At least 30 cars idling in the bike lane for unspecified reasons—hazard lights on—forcing me to maintain forward momentum by jackknifing into the busy thoroughfare.

From Slate ● Jun. 21, 2023

By the end of the piece, his upper body was jackknifing toward the keys at flourishes, with his left foot stomping.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2023

Within moments, police said more tractor trailers were jackknifing behind it.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2022

A look at Newser's home page on Monday morning compels with all the sick attraction exerted by a semi jackknifing across the interstate, setting in motion a 20-car pileup.

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2010

I wedged my body down through the nearly solid sea of coils, forcing my legs deep into the cockpit and jackknifing my knees so that my upper body swung downward and inward.

From "Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story" by Michael Collins