Usually means: React quickly without careful thought.
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  1. shoot from the hip: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shoot from the hip: Merriam-Webster
  3. shoot from the hip: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shoot from the hip: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shoot from the hip: Wiktionary
  6. shoot from the hip: Dictionary.com
  7. Shoot from the Hip: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. shoot from the hip: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shoot from the hip: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shoot from the hip: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (shoot from the hip)

verb:  (literally) To discharge a firearm while it is held near the hip, without taking time to aim via the gunsights.
verb:  (figuratively) To speak or act quickly based on first impressions, without carefully studying the background information, wider context, etc.

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