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- DictionaryTrig·ger hair/ˈtriɡər her/
noun
- 1. (in a coelenterate) a filament at the mouth of a nematocyst, triggering the emission of the stinging hair.
- 2. a bristle on the leaf of a Venus flytrap, triggering the closure of the leaf around an insect.
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Synonyms for HAIR-TRIGGER: hypersensitive, supersensitive, oversensitive, precise, accurate, hyperacute, receptive, sensible; Antonyms of HAIR-TRIGGER: bad, dull, dulled, fading, insensitive, dead, numb, deadened.
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Synonyms of hair-trigger. 1. : immediately responsive to the slightest stimulus. a hair-trigger temper. 2. : delicately adjusted or easily disrupted. hair trigger. 2 of 2. noun. : a gun trigger so adjusted as to permit the firearm to be fired by a very slight pressure. Examples of hair-trigger in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Adjective.
hair-trigger. (adjective) in the sense of volatile. a hair-trigger situation which could lead to an outbreak of war. Synonyms. volatile. Copyright © 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.