hair-trigger
Collocations
3VERB + HAIR-TRIGGER
hung, influence, presses
HAIR-TRIGGER + NOUN
partner, yours
PREP.
on, upon, with
Definitions
noun
A trigger that will set off a firearm when even a very small pressure is applied.
[…]the hunter brings the sight of his rifle to bear; lightly and delicately his finger presses upon the hair-trigger.
Is your laugh hung on a hair-trigger?—that is, is it critical, or can you get it off easy?
adj
Unstable; in a situation that could be worsened by the slightest mistake.
Easily angered; having a short temper.
"Gus," the latter began, "am I right in assuming that you possess a reasonable amount of influence with that hair-trigger partner of yours, Live Wire Luiz?"
[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid exterior of a pugnacious, hair-trigger personality.
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5[…]the hunter brings the sight of his rifle to bear; lightly and delicately his finger presses upon the hair-trigger.
WiktionaryIs your laugh hung on a hair-trigger?—that is, is it critical, or can you get it off easy?
Wiktionary"Gus," the latter began, "am I right in assuming that you possess a reasonable amount of influence with that hair-trigger partner of yours, Live Wire Luiz?"
Wiktionary[I]n the 575 days since [Oscar] Pistorius shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, there has been an unseemly scramble to construct revisionist histories, to identify evidence beneath that placid ext
WiktionaryHis id is a minefield of hair-trigger rage, and his ego is snowflake-fragile.
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