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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word kneejerk:

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  1. kneejerk: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. kneejerk: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Kneejerk, kneejerk: Wordnik
  4. kneejerk: Wiktionary
  5. kneejerk: Dictionary.com
  6. kneejerk: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary

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  1. kneejerk: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Kneejerk)

adjective:  Alternative spelling of knee-jerk [Unthinking, not carefully considered, (nearly) automatic, spontaneous, easily predictable.]
noun:  Alternative spelling of knee-jerk [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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