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Definition 2024

See also: trigger happy

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

(idiomatic) 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.
(idiomatic) 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.

He was so trigger-happy that he wheeled and punched me when I brushed by him in the hall.

having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly

Chinese:
Mandarin:
Dutch: schietgraag
Finnish: liipaisinherkkä
French: fou de la gâchette (fr) m, folle de la gâchette f, malade de la gâchette (fr) m, f, gâchette facile (fr) f
German: schießwütig

Greek: αψίθυμος (el) m ‎(apsíthymos), φιλοπόλεμος (el) m ‎(filopólemos), πολεμοχαρής (el) m, f ‎(polemocharís)
Russian:
Spanish: gatillo fácil m
Swedish: skjutglad (sv)

inclined to behave recklessly