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If I play a cop, it's always a racist cop or a trigger-happy cop or a crooked cop - but by and large I play cowboys, bikers, and convicts.
M. C. Gainey

Meaning of "trigger-happy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRIGGER-HAPPY

trigger-happy play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRIGGER-HAPPY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trigger-Happy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TRIGGER-HAPPY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of trigger-happy in the English dictionary

The definition of trigger-happy in the dictionary is tending to resort to the use of firearms or violence irresponsibly. Other definition of trigger-happy is tending to act rashly or without due consideration.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRIGGER-HAPPY

trigeminal
trigeminal nerve
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trigged
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trigger word
triggered
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triggering
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triggerman
triggermen
trigging
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trigly
triglyceride

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRIGGER-HAPPY

boob happy
chappy
crappy
demob-happy
flappy
gappy
happy
make it snappy
nappy
overhappy
pappy
sappy
scrappy
slap-happy
snappy
strappy
trappy
unhappy
yappy
zappy

Synonyms and antonyms of trigger-happy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «trigger-happy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRIGGER-HAPPY

Find out the translation of trigger-happy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trigger-happy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trigger-happy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

好战
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de gatillo fácil
570 millions of speakers

English

trigger-happy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ट्रिगर खुश
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الزناد سعيدة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воинственными
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gatilho
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অল্প কারণে বঁদুক ছুড়ে এমন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

gâchette
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Trigger-happy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trigger -happy
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

トリガーハッピー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

트리거 행복
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pemicu-seneng
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

kích hoạt hạnh phúc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூண்டல்-சந்தோஷமாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ट्रिगर-हॅपी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sorumsuz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grilletto - felice
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Trigger -happy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

войовничими
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- trăgaci
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολεμοχαρείς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sneller - gelukkig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trigger -happy
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trigger -happy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trigger-happy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRIGGER-HAPPY»

The term «trigger-happy» is regularly used and occupies the 63.398 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRIGGER-HAPPY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trigger-happy

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QUOTES WITH «TRIGGER-HAPPY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word trigger-happy.
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M. C. Gainey
If I play a cop, it's always a racist cop or a trigger-happy cop or a crooked cop - but by and large I play cowboys, bikers, and convicts.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIGGER-HAPPY»

Discover the use of trigger-happy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trigger-happy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Trigger Happy
This revolutionary book is the first-ever academically worthy and deeply engaging critique of one of today's most popular forms of play: videogames are on track to supersede movies as the most innovative form of entertainment in the new ...
Steven Poole, 2013
2
Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution
Examines the history and phenomenal success of video games and argues that the popular games are on the way to becoming a legitimate art form, much in the same way movies did a century earlier.
Steven Poole, 2004
3
Trigger Happy
Doug Reeves is a retired Apache helicopter pilot living aboard his power yacht in the marina at Monterey, California.
William H. Lovejoy, 2012
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Best Travel Writing 2005: True Stories from Around the World
JANE MARSHALL ofcg o4^ Trigger Happy in Cambodia The shad ow of evil reaches into the present. COILS OF BARBED WIRE UPON CONCRETE WALLS surrounded the compound, though the guards who had once flanked its perimeter ...
James O'Reilly, Sean O'Reilly, Larry Habegger, 2005
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On Thermonuclear War
The enemy must feel that we do not have to be "trigger-happy." He must sense that we know there is a good possibility that even if he should strike first we have a capability to hurt him enough so that even though he may win the war he will be  ...
Herman Kahn, 2011
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Trigger Happy
Will Hugo find a way out of a life of drugs, guns, robberies and women? Or will he carelessly take himself and loved ones to a point of no return?
V. Fancy, 2011
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Between Empire and Alliance: America and Europe During the ...
3. Trigger-happy. Protestant. Materialists? The. European. Christian. Democrats. and. the. United. States. Wolfram. Kaiser. The study of international relations, in the United States especially, is dominated by two basic theoretical approaches: ...
Marc Trachtenberg, 2003
8
The Front Porch Prophet
What do a trigger-happy bootlegger with pancreatic cancer, an alcoholic helicopter pilot who is afraid to fly, and a dead guy with his feet in a camp stove have in common?
Raymond L. Atkins, 2008
9
Great Dog Stories: Heartwarming Tales of Remarkable Dogs
... an area affecting the muscles of the face as well as those that control balance. A tumour in this delicate area can have devastating results. Several years earlier, Marsha, who works in the construction industry, 83 ch apter 8 Trigger Happy.
Roxanne Willems Snopek, 2011
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Shantytown
At last, a noir novel from the Argentine master of suspense and surprises Maxi, a middle-class, directionless ox of a young man who helps the trash pickers of Buenos Aires’s shantytown, attracts the attention of a corrupt, trigger-happy ...
César Aira, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRIGGER-HAPPY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trigger-happy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Trigger-happy: Psychological profiling to identify 'bad-tempered' cops
“The officials have been directed to identify through psychological profiling all trigger-happy and aggressive/short-tempered policemen. They have been ordered ... «The Express Tribune, Jun 15»
2
What can US trigger-happy cops learn from Britain's gunless police?
American police kill the same number of people with guns in a day that UK officers do in a year. Griff Witte, an American Washington Post reporter working in ... «The Independent, Jun 15»
3
President Hollande is protected by 'boozing, trigger-happy and …
President Hollande is poorly protected by bumbling security officers including a heavy drinker and a trigger-happy policeman who fired his pistol last month in ... «The Times, May 15»
4
The “trigger-happy generation” a passive-aggressive stalking horse …
Peggy Noonan delightfully skewers what she calls the “trigger-happy generation,” but makes one fundamental error. She takes them at their word: Life gives you ... «Hot Air, May 15»
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The Trigger-Happy Generation
Readers know of the phenomenon at college campuses regarding charges of “microaggressions” and “triggers.” It's been going on for a while and is part of a ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
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Why trigger-happy Kim Jong-un is playing a risky game in North Korea
Why trigger-happy Kim Jong-un is playing a risky game in North Korea. Aidan Foster-Carter. Another of Kim's top brass appears to have been purged. But how ... «The Guardian, May 15»
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Key & Peele imagine a world without trigger-happy cops: “It's like a …
While the new season of “Key & Peele” isn't slated to air until July 8, Comedy Central likely felt the sketch titled “Negrotown” was just too timely to be shelved for ... «Salon, May 15»
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[Update] Trigger-Happy Uber Rider Arrested After Firing Shots From …
[Update Below] As if things weren't bad enough at LaGuardia Airport, there was trouble at JFK as well today. Details are still hazy, but we're told at least one ... «Gothamist, Mar 15»
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'Babylon' Review: The Dumb Lives of Trigger-Happy Cops
The trigger-happy policemen in Danny Boyle's dark comedy 'Babylon' joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians, while spin ... «Daily Beast, Jan 15»
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West Midlands police 'trigger happy' say Amnesty after Warwick demo
The charity, which works to protect human rights against state abuse, said it feared that West Midlands police were becoming “trigger-happy” with Taser stun ... «The Guardian, Dec 14»

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