Meaning of trigger-happy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly before adequately identifying the target.
2. Inclined to behave recklessly or violently at the slightest provocation.
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Equivalents

Examples

“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”

“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.”

“In a country like Burma, where the trigger-happy ruling elite resorted to arms even against unarmed students on university campuses, we have drawn lessons from history. It has taught us to resort to arms when fighting against fully armed demons.”

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