OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 22919

knee-jerk

Meanings (ES + gloss)
impulsivo • visceral
Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.
He gave a knee-jerk response.
There were knee-jerk demands from trade unions for immediate withdrawal of all HSTs; these were wrong-headed.
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📚 noun • entry_id 22920

knee-jerk

Meanings (ES + gloss)
reflejo rotuliano
A sudden reflexive movement of the leg below the knee, as a reaction to a tap to the tendon just below the patella (kneecap).
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