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knee-jerks

knee-jerks is the plural of knee-jerk.

Meaning of knee-jerk

Noun

knee-jerk (plural knee-jerks)

  1. A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).

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Questions about knee-jerks

What is knee-jerks the plural of?
Knee-jerks is the plural of knee-jerk.

Words near knee-jerks in the dictionary

  1. knee-jerkery
  2. knee-jerking
  3. knee-jerkish
  4. knee-jerkishly
  5. knee-jerkism
  6. knee-jerks
  7. knee-jerky
  8. knee-length
  9. knee-pad
  10. knee-paddle
  11. knee-paddled

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