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Definition of knee-jerk in English Turkish dictionary
- knee-jerk gimmicks
- (deyim) Düşünülmeden, sıcağı sıucağına verilmiş tepki, yapılmıi iş vs
- knee jerk reflex
- (Tıp) diz refleksi
- knee jerk
- refleks
- knee jerk reaction
- diz refleksi tepki
- knee jerk
- diz refleksi
- kneejerk
- tepke olarak yapılan
- kneejerk
- düşünmeden yapılan
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Definition of knee-jerk in English English dictionary
- Automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable
He gave a knee-jerk response.
- A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap)
- disapproval If you call someone's response to a question or situation a knee-jerk reaction, you mean that they react in a very predictable way, without thinking. The knee-jerk reaction to this is to call for proper security in all hospitals. a knee-jerk reaction, answer etc is what you feel or say about a situation from habit, without thinking about it = automatic
- knee-jerk gimmicks
- (deyim) Measures which are not properly thought out and designed to get an immediate positive reaction
- knee jerk
- a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
- knee jerk
- automatic, occurring without thought; of the reflex movement that occurs when struck below the kneecap
- knee jerk
- A jerk or kick produced by a blow or sudden strain upon the patellar tendon of the knee, which causes a sudden contraction of the quadriceps muscle
- knee jerk
- A reflex contraction of the quadriceps muscle resulting in a sudden involuntary extension of the leg, produced by a sharp tap to the tendon below the patella; patellar reflex
- knee jerk reaction
- automatic reaction or response to something; reaction occurring without thought
- kneejerk
- Of a reply or reaction, automatic and easily predictable; reacting spontaneously in the expected manner
- kneejerk
- A reflex extension of the lower leg resulting from a sharp tap to the tendon below the patella
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knee-jerk
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[ 'nE-"j&rk, -'j&rk ] (adjective.) 1951. knee + jerk, First attested 1876, obviously derived from a figurative sense of the patellar reflex.Resimler
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