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nouna reflex extension of the leg, caused by contraction of the quadriceps, resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon; patellar reflex. Origin of knee jerkFirst recorded in 1875–80 Words nearby knee jerkknee drop, knee-elbow position, knee-high, knee-high to a grasshopper, kneehole, knee jerk, knee-jerk reflex, knee joint, kneel, knee-length, kneeler Definition for knee jerk (2 of 2)[ nee-jurk ] / ˈniˌdʒɜrk /
adjectiveof or relating to a knee-jerk. Informal. reacting according to a certain habitual manner; unthinking: a knee-jerk liberal. Origin of knee-jerkFirst recorded in 1895–1900 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for knee jerkIt is not a knee-jerk response to a sudden perceived threat. To Stop ISIS, Britain Is Set to Stop Free Speech|Nico Hines|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST This whole thing about a black-and-white culture of knee-jerk reactions is reinforced by television. James Patterson Goes Full ‘Fahrenheit 451’ With Burning Book Video|William O’Connor|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST The knee-jerk cynicism with which it has been greeted is dysfunctional. Paul Ryan’s New Plan Is a Good One, Especially for Black People|John McWhorter|July 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Republicans are going to try to paint Bellows as a knee-jerk Democrat who just uses the civil-liberties argument when convenient. Pro-Pot, Pro-Gay, Anti-NSA… and Running for Senate|David Freedlander|April 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The passage contradicts the knee-jerk reaction which wants to quantify suffering. Susan Minot on Africa, Joseph Kony, and the Limits of Writing About Love|Lea Carpenter|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST The deep reflexes may also be altered, the knee-jerk being frequently absent on the affected side. A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various In some subjects the larger dose, 45 cubic centimeters, practically abolished the knee-jerk. How to Live|Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk Sensibility, the knee-jerk, and plantar phenomena are normal. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy|Alexander Hughes Bennett Later the affected muscles become exquisitely tender, and then atrophy, while the knee-jerk or other reflex is lost. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6|Various The presence or absence of the knee-jerk may be a most significant symptom to the physician. A Practical Physiology|Albert F. Blaisdell
British Dictionary definitions for knee jerk
nounAlso called: patellar reflex physiol an outward reflex kick of the lower leg caused by a sharp tap on the quadriceps tendon just below the patella adjective kneejerkmade or occurring as a predictable and automatic response, without thoughtkneejerk support Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to knee jerkreflex, patellar reflex, quadriceps reflex Medical definitions for knee jerkThe American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |