ALL meanings of hair-trigger
hair-trig·ger
H h - adjective hair-trigger easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper. 1
- noun hair-trigger a trigger that allows the firing mechanism of a firearm to be operated by very slight pressure. 1
- adjective hair-trigger If you describe something as hair-trigger, you mean that it is likely to change very violently and suddenly. 0
- noun hair-trigger a trigger of a firearm that responds to very slight pressure 0
- noun hair-trigger any mechanism, reaction, etc, set in operation by slight provocation 0
- noun hair-trigger (as modifier) 0
- adjective hair-trigger set in operation by slight provocation 0
- noun hair-trigger a trigger so delicately adjusted that a very slight pressure on it discharges the firearm 0
- adjective hair-trigger set in motion or operation by a very slight impulse 0