gun-happy
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.81 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "I suppose he thought he could buffalo me with that gun-happy swagger of his, so that I would hasten to assure him that nothing was further from the truth."
- "“Is she gun-happy?” “Certainly not. When you're properly trained in the use of guns, you don't become gun-happy, as you call it.”"
- "'Damn cops,' said a CSI, who concentrated on the holes in the bark of a tree, the only holes not made by gun-happy rat killers."
- "He was gun-happy. He shot up jukeboxes and shelves full of booze."
- "Guy remarked that the cubs were lucky to be on Canadian soil rather than in the gun-happy United States, where they would be dead by now. And Lulu scoffed. "Come on" she said. "Your gun-happy Canadian neighbour just shot their mother.""
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
more gun-happy (comparative)
most gun-happy (superlative)