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What does trigger-happy mean?

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When zipping through the military themed course you have to contend with a trigger-happy foot soldier holding a machine gun.
Regan gasped, surprised, not expecting such a fierce attack from his cousin, though she was known to be violent and trigger-happy.
Israel's trigger-happy recklessness led to the unnecessary death of nine civilians.
Too many of us live outside Lesotho, which is normal, after so many years of a trigger-happy government.
It exceeded the 4 x 6 inches allowed by the jail, so I was pleasantly surprised that it was not rejected by the trigger-happy mailroom.
It's a worrying statistic and maybe a trigger-happy situation but, by the same token, you need to be seen to be going forward.

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