jackknife
noun
a large pocketknife.
will jackknife
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future tenseof jackknife.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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There’s still a part of her that’s waiting for the twist, the moment when all of this pleasure will jackknife into pain.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
