hairtrigger

ADJECTIVE

fast

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agile brisk hot nimble quick rapid swift

STRONG

accelerated active dashing electric flashing fleet fleeting flying hurried racing ready snap split-second winged

WEAK

PDQ blue streak breakneck double-time expeditious expeditive hasty hypersonic in a jiffy in nothing flat lickety split like a bat out of hell like all get out like crazy like mad on the double posthaste presto pronto screamin' snappy speedball supersonic velocious

Antonyms

STRONGEST

clumsy slow

STRONG

dull

WEAK

plodding tardy unhurried

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He left Leath Macha in an attitude of hairtrigger contemplation, apparently about to begin something at once.

From Kenny by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens

What form of midsummer madness lay ahead of him depended now upon the hairtrigger of impulse.

From Kenny by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens

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