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Jake brake
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Meaning
Noun
●
Especially on
trucks
, an
engine
compression release
braking
system that
opens
the
exhaust valves
in each
cylinder
near
the
top
of their
compression
strokes
in order to
slow
the
vehicle
; an
engine
retarder.
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