Usually means: Engine braking system for trucks.
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  1. jake brake: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. jake-brake: Wordnik
  3. jake brake: Wiktionary
  4. Jake brake: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Glossary of Trucking Terms (No longer online)

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  1. Jake-Brake, jake brake: Urban Dictionary

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  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (jake brake)

noun:  (slang) 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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