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Knee Jerk

Definition: Knee Jerk

Knee Jerk

Noun

1. A reflex extension of the leg resulting from a sharp tap on the patellar tendon.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Knee Jerk

Synonyms: knee-jerk reflex (n), patellar reflex (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Knee Jerk

English words defined with "knee jerk": Patellar reflexTendon reflex. (references)
Specialty definitions using "knee jerk": Adie Syndrome, Adie's syndromeHolmes-Adie syndrome. (references)

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Expressions: Knee Jerk

Expressions using "knee jerk": Knee jerk liberal Knee jerk reaction. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Knee Jerk

Language Translations for "knee jerk"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

коленен рефлекс. (various references)

   

Danish

  

knaerefleks. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kniepeesreflex (patellar reflex). (various references)

   

French

  

réflexe rotulien. (various references)

   

German

  

Kniesehnenreflex (patellar reflex). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αντανακλαστικό της επιγονατίδας (patellar reflex). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

térdflex. (various references)

   

Italian

  

riflesso rotuleo, riflesso patellare (patellar reflex). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eeknay erkjay

   

Portuguese

  

reflexo rotuliano (choc rotulien, patellar reflex), reflexo patelar (choc rotulien, patellar reflex). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

коленный рефлекс (knee-jerk). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

refleks kolena. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

reflejo rotuliano. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

knäreflex. (various references)

   

Thai

  

ปฏิกิริยาการเตะขาที่เกิ"จากการเคาะถูกเส้นเอ็นที่หัวเข่า. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

diz refleksi. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Knee Jerk

Misspellings

"Knee Jerk" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: kneejerk. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Knee Jerk

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-j-k-k-n-r"

-2 letters: keener.

-3 letters: kerne.

-4 letters: erne, jeer, jerk, keek, keen, kern, knee, reek.

-5 letters: eke, ere, ern, jee, ken, nee, ree.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Knee Jerk


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4B 6E 65 65      4A 65 72 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001011 01101110 01100101 01100101 00100000 01001010 01100101 01110010 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#75 &#110 &#101 &#101 &#32 &#74 &#101 &#114 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004B 006E 0065 0065      004A 0065 0072 006B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

45807171244718477

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Knee Jerk"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводбългарски, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelseдатски език, датски, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, danimarkalı, danimarka dili

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatieхоландски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, ชาวเนเธอร์แลน"์, เกี่ยวกับเนเธอร์แลน"์, รรยา, alman, eş, flemenkçe, holandaca, hollanda, karı, hollandalı, hollandalılara özgü olan, Hollandali, hollanda'ya ait

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionфренски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

German

wörterbuch, Übersetzungгермански, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, าษาเยอรมัน, เยอรมัน, alman

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneиталиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, traduçãoпортугалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónиспански език, испански, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättningшведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí

Thai

พจนานุกรมthailænder, Thais, Thai, Thaïlandais, thailändisch, Thailänder, Ταϊλανδός· Ταϊλανδέζος, tailandese, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeтурски език, турски, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationанглийски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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