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knee jerk
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun knee jerk has 1 sense
- knee jerk(n = noun.act) knee-jerk reflex, patellar reflex - a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon; Array is a kind of inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex
CIDE DICTIONARY
knee jerk,
A jerk or forward kick of the lower part of the leg produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle; the patellar reflex. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
knee jerk, n.
emotional and predictable; -- of certain people and their reactions to events. [PJC]
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