knee-jerk reaction

Fig. an automatic or reflex reaction; an immediate reaction made without examining causes or facts. With one of his typical knee-jerk reactions, he said no immediately, citing some moral argument that no one understood.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Evie	EE-vee, EV-ee	English
Torquil	-	Scottish
Amalasuintha	-	Ancient Germanic
Lesedi	-	Southern African, Tswana
Zorica	-	Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian
Yarbrough	['ja:brə]