Knee Jerks

Word KNEE JERKS
Character 10
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Definitions and meanings of "Knee Jerks"

What do we mean by knee jerks?

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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The word "knee-jerks" in example sentences

Health care reform is not an issue that should be dealt with by knee-jerks reactions along party lines. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am sick to death of the GOP knee-jerks at every little act that our new president does. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Blind leads the blind: we are quickly growing accustomed to powerful government institutions driven by political considerations and polling bite knee-jerks. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In the face of each of these three men we will all be there in the White House having a beer together taking one more step into a post racial world where knee-jerks are not the standard and seeing beyond race is the norm. ❋ Unknown (2009)

You're too intelligent for some of the knee-jerks lurking around. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Condescending liberals have also established themselves as reactionary and knee-jerks. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Regarding "Billary", I think Hillary is doing just fine by herself - more organized and directed and disciplined than Bill is (my guess is that she's a good part of why Bill got elected to so many positions, but knee-jerks don't want to contemplate that one). ❋ Unknown (2009)

I sure hope the knee-jerks don't vote if they are that easily swayed. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Before we could sort it all out, we had to decide what to do with the diary, and we both concluded that this was in no sense a public document, despite the braying of the knee-jerks about some public fight to know. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Well, leave it to the knee-jerks to examine this stuation, and blame it on Socialism! ❋ Unknown (2008)

There has been a lot said about potential knee-jerks responses by Government to the recent firearms problems. ❋ Unknown (2007)

If half the population no longer knee-jerks in opposition to healthy life extension based on a false conception of "older for longer" - well, that can't be a bad thing for the prospects of raising a broad platform of support for research, can it? ❋ Unknown (2006)

So the middle of the road/on the fence voters who by the way listens and knee-jerks about it that's one of many reasons why the Repoopublicans are still in power. ❋ Unknown (2006)

You -- you do you that only if you do knee-jerks security. ❋ Unknown (2001)

If it is reactions such as salivation, knee-jerks, and simple motor skills, which were the main field of interest amongst behaviorists, introspective reports may not be of great significance. ❋ R. S. PETERS (1968)

The deep reflexes, particularly the knee-jerks, may be absent at first, but they soon return, and are usually exaggerated; a well-marked Babinski response may appear later. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

When recovery is taking place the first signs are the return of the knee-jerks, and a gradual change in the limbs from the flaccid to the spastic condition. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The paralysis of the arms is of the lower neurone type, and the muscles are flaccid and undergo atrophy; the legs may exhibit a more complete degree of paralysis of the upper neurone type, with exaggeration of the knee-jerks. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

The knee-jerks and plantar reflexes are exaggerated, and there is marked ankle clonus. ❋ Alexander Miles (1893)

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