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Definitions

hair-trigger

ADJECTIVE
delicate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
critical precarious sensitive ticklish touchy tricky unpredictable volatile
WEAK
uncertain
Antonyms
STRONGEST
calm easy firm stable
WEAK
coarse harsh healthful healthy heavy imprecise indelicate indiscriminating inelegant insensitive robust rough strong uncareful uncritical unscrupulous
ADJECTIVE
immediate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
actual prompt urgent
WEAK
at once at present time at this moment critical current existing extant first instant live next now on hand paramount present pressing up-to-date
Antonyms
WEAK
away distant eventually far later never
ADJECTIVE
instantaneous
Synonyms
STRONGEST
rapid spontaneous transitory
WEAK
direct fast in a flash instant momentary quick
Antonyms
WEAK
delayed eventual late later

Example Sentences

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Years of mismanagement and ill-fated transfers have left Spurs with a jumbled squad and a hair trigger for firing coaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026

Investors appear to have been on hair trigger.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

His letters to the editor, fired on a hair trigger, left a trail of gun smoke.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021

The $149.99 Xbox Elite Controller includes three thumbsticks of varying heights, two d-pads, four removable paddles, hair trigger locks, a USB cable and a carrying case.

From The Verge • Oct. 22, 2015

His sense of right and wrong had been mounted on a hair trigger.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger