gun-happy

adj

Etymology

From gun + happy.

  1. derived from heppinn
  2. derived from happyn
  3. derived from happy
  4. compounded as gun-happy — “gun + happy

Definitions

  1. Overly fond of and inclined to use guns or advocate gun violence.

    • I suppose he thought he could buffalo me with that gun-happy swagger of his, so that I would hasten to assure him that nothing was further from the truth.
    • “Is she gun-happy?” “Certainly not. When you're properly trained in the use of guns, you don't become gun-happy, as you call it.”
    • 'Damn cops,' said a CSI, who concentrated on the holes in the bark of a tree, the only holes not made by gun-happy rat killers.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA