TRIGGER-HAPPY


Meaning of TRIGGER-HAPPY in English

also trigger happy

If you describe someone as trigger-happy , you disapprove of them because they are too ready and willing to use violence and weapons, especially guns. ( INFORMAL )

Some of them are a bit trigger-happy–they’ll shoot at anything that moves.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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