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knee-jerkery

knee-jerkery noun: knee-jerk action or thinking.

Noun

knee-jerkery (uncountable)

  1. knee-jerk action or thinking.

Questions about knee-jerkery

What does knee-jerkery mean?
Knee-jerkery means knee-jerk action or thinking.
What part of speech is knee-jerkery?
Knee-jerkery is a noun.

Words near knee-jerkery in the dictionary

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

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