knee-jerk reaction
21knee-jerk reflex — ▪ medical test also called patellar reflex sudden kicking movement of the lower leg in response to a sharp tap on the patellar tendon, which lies just below the kneecap. One of the several positions that a subject may take for the test is …
22knee-jerk — 1. adjective Automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable He gave a knee jerk response. 2. noun A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the …
23knee-jerk — adj. Knee jerk is used with these nouns: ↑decision, ↑reaction, ↑rejection, ↑response …
24knee-jerk reflex — noun a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon • Syn: ↑knee jerk, ↑patellar reflex • Hypernyms: ↑reflex, ↑reflex response, ↑reflex action, ↑instinctive reflex, ↑ …
25reaction — [n1] response acknowledgment, answer, attitude, backfire, backlash, back talk*, boomerang*, comeback, compensation, counteraction, counterbalance, counterpoise, double take*, echo, feedback, feeling, hit, kick, kickback, knee jerk*, lip*, opinion …
26reaction — noun 1 response ADJECTIVE ▪ extreme, strong, violent ▪ favourable/favorable, positive ▪ adverse, hostile, negative …
27reaction */*/*/ — UK [rɪˈækʃ(ə)n] / US noun Word forms reaction : singular reaction plural reactions 1) a) [countable] the way that you feel or behave as a result of something that happens My mother s initial reaction was quite unexpected. b) [usually singular] a… …
28reaction — n. 1) to cause, trigger a reaction 2) to encounter, meet with a reaction 3) an adverse, negative; favorable, positive; strong; weak reaction 4) an allergic; chain; chemical; delayed; knee jerk (usu. fig.); natural, normal; nuclear; physiological… …
29reaction — re|ac|tion [ ri ækʃn ] noun *** ▸ 1 how you react to something ▸ 2 bad effect on body ▸ 3 ability to act quickly ▸ 4 opposition to past ways ▸ 5 chemical change ▸ 6 opposition to change 1. ) count the way you feel or behave as a result of… …
30reaction*/*/*/ — [riˈækʃ(ə)n] noun 1) [C] the way that you feel or behave as a result of something that happens My mother s reaction was quite unexpected.[/ex] Shock is a natural reaction to such bad news.[/ex] See: knee jerk 2) [C] a bad effect on your body… …
