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trigger happy

trigger happy is the alternative form of trigger-happy.

Meaning of trigger-happy

Adjective

trigger-happy (comparative more trigger-happy, superlative most trigger-happy)

  1. 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.
  2. (broadly) 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.

Forms of trigger happy

comparativemore trigger happy
superlativemost trigger happy

Questions about trigger happy

What is trigger happy the alternative form of?
Trigger happy is the alternative form of trigger-happy.

Words near trigger happy in the dictionary

  1. trigger fingers
  2. trigger flower
  3. trigger flowers
  4. trigger guard
  5. trigger guards
  6. trigger happy
  7. trigger law
  8. trigger laws
  9. trigger man
  10. trigger men
  11. trigger plant

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