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trigger-happy

adj

Etymology

From trigger + happy.

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

Definitions

  1. Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly before adequately…

    Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly before adequately identifying the target.

    • The bystanders were indiscriminately gunned down by trigger-happy gang members.
    • Crime is increasing / Trigger happy policing / Panic is spreading / God knows where we're heading
    • Claudine / Don't get trigger happy with me / Don't wave a gun at me

  2. Inclined to behave recklessly or violently at the slightest provocation.

    • Be careful when you work near him; he's trigger-happy with that chain-saw.
    • He was so trigger-happy that he wheeled and punched me when I brushed by him in the hall.

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