trigger-happy

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: adjective

(informal, disapproving) too willing and quick to use violence, especially with guns: trigger-happy troops

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

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trigger-happyEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus trigger-happyEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary

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In this entry, trigger-happy is tagged as adjective.

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