trigger-happy
English
adj
Definitions
- Having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly before adequately identifying the target.
- (by extension) Inclined to behave recklessly or violently at the slightest provocation.
Etymology
Suffix from English trigger.
Origin
English
trigger
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- phototrigger English
- pretrigger English
- retrigger English
- trigger English
- trigger finger English
- trigger-happiness English
- triggerable English
- triggerer English
- triggerfish English
- triggerish English
- triggerless English
- triggerlike English
- triggerman English
- triggerwoman English
- triggery English
- trekker Dutch, Flemish
- トリガー Japanese