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hair trigger
1noun
- a trigger that allows the firing mechanism of a firearm to be operated by very slight pressure.
hair-trigger
2[ hair-trig-er ]
adjective
- easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause:
a hair-trigger temper.
hair trigger
noun
- a trigger of a firearm that responds to very slight pressure
- informal.
- any mechanism, reaction, etc, set in operation by slight provocation
- ( as modifier )
a hair-trigger temper
Word History and Origins
Origin of hair trigger1
Origin of hair trigger2
Example Sentences
“They can see this hair trigger mentality in the White House. Everybody is afraid.”
The loosening of limits has occurred as violent political rhetoric rises and the police in some places fear bloodshed among an armed populace on a hair trigger.
Rear buttons aside, the Scuf’s other big feature is its hair triggers, which have the quickest response of all the controllers tested here.
He’s in a stage in his career when he’s on a hair trigger to tuck the ball and run.
A review from The LA Times says Higgins’ book “takes the shine off” Musk, showing him to be “a hair trigger of an executive who’s quick to fire people whether they deserve it or not.”
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