1. knee jerk - Noun
2. knee jerk - Adjective
a reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon
Source: WordNetknee-jerk
Another knee-jerk Trump decision that could backfire quickly if another WHO member develops a vaccine before we do, and refuses to share the technology with the US. Source: Internet
Broadly it may be better for companies but banks may get hit in the short term. Overall the bonds rallied with yield on old 10y benchmark falling 15bps in a knee jerk reaction. Source: Internet
Firstly, we need to actively avoid knee jerk reactions to the threat of a widespread mental health emergency. Source: Internet
A kind of "tea party" knee-jerk (accent on jerk) dislike to anything they think of as big government, etc., never mind that a vast majority of states (led by Republicans and Democrats) signed on to these changes to the CCSS as smart and natural. Source: Internet
Early on, the knee-jerk response from Democrats, the World Health Organization, much of the media and the Chinese government itself, was to claim that any criticism of the Chinese government’s actions was bigoted or xenophobic. Source: Internet
A Constitution cannot therefore, as is objectionably the case in the country, be the object of frequent and ad hoc amendments of every kind contrived at the drop of a hat to pander to the rabid knee jerk reactions and narrow objectives of those in power. Source: Internet