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hair-triggers

hair-triggers is the plural of hair-trigger.

Meaning of hair-trigger

Noun

hair-trigger (plural hair-triggers)

  1. A trigger that will set off a firearm when even a very small pressure is applied.
    • […]the hunter brings the sight of his rifle to bear; lightly and delicately his finger presses upon the hair-trigger.1847, Francis Parkman, The Oregon Trail

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Questions about hair-triggers

What is hair-triggers the plural of?
Hair-triggers is the plural of hair-trigger.

Words near hair-triggers in the dictionary

  1. hair-splittingly
  2. hair-splittings
  3. hair-tidies
  4. hair-tidy
  5. hair-trigger
  6. hair-triggers
  7. hairball
  8. hairballs
  9. hairband
  10. hairbands
  11. hairbell

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