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knee-jerk reactions

knee-jerk reactions is the plural of knee-jerk reaction.

Meaning of knee-jerk reaction

Noun

knee-jerk reaction (plural knee-jerk reactions)

  1. (idiomatic) An instantaneous reaction made without thought.
    • Near-synonym: gut reaction
    Synonyms:
    gut reaction

Questions about knee-jerk reactions

What is knee-jerk reactions the plural of?
Knee-jerk reactions is the plural of knee-jerk reaction.

Words near knee-jerk reactions in the dictionary

  1. knee-high by the Fourth of July
  2. knee-high to a grasshopper
  3. knee-highs
  4. knee-jerk
  5. knee-jerk reaction
  6. knee-jerk reactions
  7. knee-jerkery
  8. knee-jerking
  9. knee-jerkish
  10. knee-jerkishly
  11. knee-jerkism

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