"Scissor jacks" refers to mechanical devices that are often used to lift vehicles off the ground, such as cars or trucks. These jacks have a scissor-like shape and are manually operated to raise or lower the vehicles for maintenance or repairs.
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«scissor»
«jack»
«jacking»
«jacked»
Sentences with «scissor jacks»
- While scissor jacks vary in size and shape, it should be noticed the small base and head, which do not lend well to stability. (mechanics.stackexchange.com)
- They also used devices that look like scissor jacks (used by unfortunate drivers to lift their car and change a flat tire) to monitor the movement of the slab toward and away from the cliff from which it was splitting. (sciencemag.org)
- Had I not had been equipped with a spare, I would have been on the side of the highway in a sloped gravel lot, in the freezing rain with my car on scissor jack trying to find that % $ & # @ # $ @ puncture, patch it, only to find that a 3» gash in the sidewall is beyond repair. (mechanics.stackexchange.com)
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