trigger-happy

See also: trigger happy

English

Alternative forms

trigger happy

Adjective

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

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.
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.

Translations

having a tendency or desire to shoot a firearm irresponsibly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 動輒開槍的, 动辄开枪的 (dòngzhé kāiqiāng de)
Dutch: schietgraag (nl)
Finnish: liipaisinherkkä
French: fou de la gâchette (fr) m, folle de la gâchette f, malade de la gâchette (fr) m or f, gâchette facile (fr) f

German: schießwütig
Greek: αψίθυμος (el) m (apsíthymos), φιλοπόλεμος (el) m (filopólemos), πολεμοχαρής (el) m or f (polemocharís)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: gatillo fácil m
Swedish: skjutglad (sv)

inclined to behave recklessly

Chinese:
Mandarin: 好鬥的, 好斗的 (hàodòu de), 好鬥的, 好战的 (hàozhàn de), 好動武的, 好动武的 (hào dòngwǔ de)

Finnish: väkivaltainen (fi)
Russian: please add this translation if you can

See also

slap-happy

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