Usually means: Extremely sensitive, reacts to slight.
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  1. hair-trigger: Merriam-Webster
  2. hair-trigger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hair-trigger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. hair-trigger, hair-trigger: Collins English Dictionary
  5. hair-trigger: Wordnik
  6. hair-trigger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. hair-trigger: Wiktionary
  8. hair-trigger: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. hair-trigger: Dictionary.com
  10. hair-trigger: Rhymezone
  11. hair-trigger: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hair-trigger: Encyclopedia

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noun:  A trigger that will set off a firearm when even a very small pressure is applied.
adjective:  Unstable; in a situation that could be worsened by the slightest mistake.
adjective:  Easily angered; having a short temper.

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