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We found 7 dictionaries that define the word knee jerks:

General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. knee jerks: Merriam-Webster
  2. knee jerks: Collins English Dictionary
  3. knee jerks: Vocabulary.com
  4. knee-jerks: Wordnik
  5. knee-jerks, knee jerks: Wiktionary
  6. knee-jerks: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. knee jerks: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

(Note: See knee_jerk as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Knee jerk)

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).]
▸ Also see knee_jerk


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