"gun-happy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "gun + -happy",
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      "form": "more gun-happy",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Jason Manning, Gunmaster",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy",
          "text": "“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.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Carol O'Connell, The Chalk Girl: Kathy Mallory",
          "text": "'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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, James Ellroy, Perfidia",
          "text": "He was gun-happy. He shot up jukeboxes and shelves full of booze.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016, Elizabeth Hay, His Whole Life",
          "text": "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.\"",
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        "Overly fond of and inclined to use guns or advocate gun violence."
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        "(derogatory) Overly fond of and inclined to use guns or advocate gun violence."
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  "word": "gun-happy"
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  "etymology_text": "gun + -happy",
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  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2001, Jason Manning, Gunmaster",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Ross Macdonald, The Instant Enemy",
          "text": "“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.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Carol O'Connell, The Chalk Girl: Kathy Mallory",
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        },
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          "text": "He was gun-happy. He shot up jukeboxes and shelves full of booze.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2016, Elizabeth Hay, His Whole Life",
          "text": "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.\"",
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        "(derogatory) Overly fond of and inclined to use guns or advocate gun violence."
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  "word": "gun-happy"
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