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Definition of knee jerk

knee jerk

noun

  • an immediate reaction without examining reasons why.
                                

                 

                                                   

                                                                                                                                    

    Citation from "Whistler's Mother", Arrested Development (TV), Season 1 Episode 20 (2004) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

    Last edited on Jul 17 2016. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 17 2016.

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Definitions include: censored version of "go fuck yourself".
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Definitions include: Not an insult necessarily.
Definitions include: a jerk.
Definitions include: to masturbate.
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Other terms relating to 'knee':

Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: to give oral sex.
Definitions include: a phrase used by women to tell their man to go down on her (see to go down)
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Definitions include: an instant / instinctual reaction.
Definitions include: the part of the leg opposite the knee.
Definitions include: a session of outdoor sex.
Definitions include: a knee with problems such that it may suddenly give out.

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