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Meanings of trigger-happy in English

Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; inclined to react violently; fervid.

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Usage of trigger-happy in English
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The Sisters can be a bit trigger-happy with anyone they don't know.
The woman who died a lot
2
The Nips are all trigger-happy, just waiting for an incident to happen
Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book
3
Some of these small town officers tend to be a little trigger-happy.
Calamity jayne
4
One of the cops must be trigger-happy, shooting at shadows or ghosts.
Dark rivers of the heart
5
It's not long ago we used to mock trigger-happy foreign tourists.
The Irish Times
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A trigger-happy culture and long-running Muslim and communist insurgencies add to election tensions.
Reuters
7
A depressed, alcoholic, trigger-happy acrobat with a gift for gratuitous violence.
Wired
8
The police are sometimes trigger-happy, I forget whether it's one lump or two.'
Travels With My Aunt
9
A trigger-happy culture and long-running Muslim and communist insurgencies add to the bloodshed.
Reuters
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A police investigation has now been opened against the trigger-happy hot-head.
The South African
11
It hadn't chosen to be born in trigger-happy Florida rather than Southeast Asia.
Swamp Bones
12
Suppose he broke surface right in front of a flock of trigger-happy Enforcers?
The Best Made Plans
13
Good thing too, because I had seen how trigger-happy the Monster Control Bureau was.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
14
Fifteen years later, trigger-happy players are finally getting their wish.
Wired
15
So three: Kamenko, my trigger-happy bandit, why are you firing guns in our house?
How the soldier repairs the gramophone
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He can be very trigger-happy, and he's known to be somewhat aggressive with it.
The evolutionary void