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Antonyms for hair-trigger
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : hair-trig-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛərˌtrɪg ər |
Definition of hair-trigger
Origin :- 1830, originally a secondary trigger in a firearm which sprung free a mechanism (hair) which, when set, allowed the main trigger (n.) to be released by very slight force. Figurative use by 1841.
- As in instantaneous : adj immediate
- As in delicate : adj difficult, sticky (situation)
- As in immediate : adj instantaneous; without delay
- It is self-love inflamed to the acute point; conceit, with a hair-trigger.
- Extract from : « Pax Vobiscum » by Henry Drummond
- It merely exploded him into action like a finger on a hair-trigger.
- Extract from : « Theodore Roosevelt and His Times » by Harold Howland
- I then got a new dog and chained him, and a duelling pistol, with a hair-trigger.
- Extract from : « Urban Sketches » by Bret Harte
- As he was not a thoroughbred, his nerves were not of the hair-trigger order.
- Extract from : « Buff: A Collie and other dog-stories » by Albert Payson Terhune
- Every nerve was at tension, each muscle set at hair-trigger.
- Extract from : « Princeton Stories » by Jesse Lynch Williams
- Them fellers air allus on a hair-trigger when a mortgage falls in.
- Extract from : « The Terms of Surrender » by Louis Tracy
- Revel's reflexes were still, if not hair-trigger, at least very quick.
- Extract from : « The Buttoned Sky » by Geoff St. Reynard
- Only the weight of the forefinger was needed to spring the hair-trigger.
- Extract from : « Sergeant York And His People » by Sam Cowan
- “My nerves are on a hair-trigger these days,” Martin apologized.
- Extract from : « Martin Eden » by Jack London
- I see you also have been doing some 'hair-trigger, steel-trap, cocksure jedgin'.'
- Extract from : « Rolf In The Woods » by Ernest Thompson Seton
Synonyms for hair-trigger
- actual
- at once
- at present time
- at this moment
- critical
- current
- direct
- existing
- extant
- fast
- first
- hair-trigger
- in a flash
- instant
- live
- momentary
- next
- now
- on hand
- paramount
- precarious
- present
- pressing
- prompt
- quick
- rapid
- sensitive
- spontaneous
- ticklish
- touchy
- transitory
- tricky
- uncertain
- unpredictable
- up-to-date
- urgent
- volatile
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