hair trigger

noun
/ˈhɛɹˌtɹɪɡɝ/CA

Etymology

compound hair + trigger

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of hair-trigger.

  2. Any unstable situation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for hair trigger. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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