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knee-jerk

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knee-jerk
1. adj. Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable
He gave a knee-jerk response.
2. n. 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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