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gung-ho Definition

gung·-ho (guŋ)

adjective

Informal enthusiastic, cooperative, enterprising, etc. in an unrestrained, often naive way

Etymology: Chin, kung-ho, lit., work together: slogan of Lt. Col. E. F. Carlson's Marine Raiders in WWII

gung-ho Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • so: If George W is so gung-ho on removing Saddam Hussein from power why didn't he focus on it a year ago?
  • all: Avon, for once, is all gung-ho about it; he wants it over.
  • surprisingly: With 2005 sales of £ 40m he's not surprisingly gung-ho about business too.
  • particularly: The information is solid, the presentation uninspired ( as in " written by a particularly gung-ho individual!

Modifies a noun

  • attitude: UK lenders are already warning about the gung-ho attitude among young people toward debt.
  • approach: A gung-ho approach of blasting through a long patch of bad mud at speed seldom works for bigger bikes.
  • heroics: It is a book about extreme sport, fear and survival - but without the gung-ho heroics of mountaineering writers.
  • style: Their two tries summed up a year that has seen their traditional gung-ho style traded in for a direct approach.
  • type: A bit of a gung-ho type, Harry is a natural leader.
  • mentality: The explosive growth in risk trading was the result of risk aversion rather than, as the documentary suggests, a gung-ho mentality.

Used with adjective complement

  • go: So you're kind of going gung-ho for the girl.
  • sound: If that sounds typically gung-ho, then consider Pearl Harbor.

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