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gung-ho definition

☆ gung·-ho (guŋ′hō′)

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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