Here's the context: So has gone the reaction of many to the news that Facebook is buying the mobile photo-sharing service Instagram[.] Could "at" be used as well? I was taught that, when it comes...

What does knee-jerk reaction mean? From NYT article: Another senior Socialist, who declined to be identified, said the party could not afford knee-jerk reactions.

Nov 5, 2023 · The PP for every action is an adjunct (read adverbial) there. However, in the first example, with to, the PP to every action is presumably the complement of the noun reaction. And it's been …

Feb 7, 2025 · Both the second and the third criteria are met with in reaction–diffusion, justifying the use of the en-dash rather than the hyphen, so that those institutions etc adopting this convention will use …

Jun 30, 2024 · 1 You could call this testing the waters. TFD defines test the waters as: To informally or casually attempt to gauge the reaction of a potential audience or recipient of something, or to try to …

Sep 15, 2016 · A "penny-in-the-slot reaction" looks very much like a derivative of the penny dropped which is British English to exclaim that something has suddenly been understood as in, "She looked …

Aug 31, 2019 · An epigram for when one bad thing happens, it causes a chain reaction of bad things [duplicate] Ask Question Asked 6 years, 4 months ago Modified 6 years, 4 months ago

Nov 8, 2011 · Is there a term for a person's audible reaction, the quoted written form of which we typically find spelled as heh or hmph?

Jun 9, 2015 · 12 I'm searching for a single-word descriptor that means "mental quickness", "mental reaction speed" or very similar with little additional connotation (unlike alacrity or wits). EDIT: The …

Sep 2, 2018 · The word you are looking for dry reaction (of smile/laugh) is Sardonic. When you're being sardonic, or if you have a sardonic laugh or smile, you're making fun of someone or something in a …