"knee jerk" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more knee jerk [comparative], most knee jerk [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} knee jerk (comparative more knee jerk, superlative most knee jerk)
  1. Alternative spelling of knee-jerk Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: knee-jerk
    Sense id: en-knee_jerk-en-adj-EXv54gML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Noun

Forms: knee jerks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} knee jerk (plural knee jerks)
  1. Alternative spelling of knee-jerk Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: knee-jerk
    Sense id: en-knee_jerk-en-noun-EXv54gML Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Inflected forms

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