adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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trigger-happy soldiers
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A debate even begins about whether the army is not getting a little trigger-happy in its nervous and no doubt terrified tension.
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After all, half-an-hour away in any direction there is a trigger-happy racist waiting for his big day.
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It ensured that no trigger-happy missile controller would fail to observe the safety precautions and attempt a little target practice.
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The investigator said the killings were the result of poor procedure by trigger-happy police rather than premeditated murder.
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Whooper swans are molested by irresponsible trigger-happy parties but here, at Bolam, they visit in peace.