Knee-jerky

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exhibiting or characteristic of a rash or automatic response. informal

    "Could you please resolve to control your knee-jerky impulse to give every Tom, Dick, and Harry (Kupfer?) a standing ovation?"

Synonyms

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knee-jerkish

Example

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"Could you please resolve to control your knee-jerky impulse to give every Tom, Dick, and Harry (Kupfer?) a standing ovation?"

Etymology

From knee-jerk + -y.

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