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

From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre

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

From Kenny by Nuyttens, Joseph Pierre

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