knee-jerk



knee-jerk

mod. automatic; quick and without thought. That was only a knee-jerk response. Pay no attention.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KeriKER-eeEnglish
Bev-English
Sobeslav-Medieval Slavic
LÁSzlÓLAHS-loHungarian
KarelKAH-rəl (Dutch), KAH-rel (Czech)Dutch, Czech, Slovene
Lettie['leti]