gung ho

Speech parts

1. gung ho - Adjective

2. gung ho - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

very enthusiastic and dedicated

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

gung-ho

Synonyms

eager enthusiastic fervent zealous banzai appetent athirst fanatical can-do

Antonyms

stoic bitter casual hurting weeping morbid
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Examples

Hale presents Knox as a gung-ho gun enthusiast (he read about them in the books at his bookstore) who can spout facts about artillery like nobody's business. Source: Internet

City's ruthlessness, United's gung-ho attacking and Jonny Evans' 47th-minute red card meant there would be no such comeback when the teams met in the Premier League at Old Trafford. Source: Internet

“Intellectually and athletically gifted, T.J., a multiracial, adopted teenager, shuns organized sports and the gung-ho athletes at his high school, until he agrees to form a swimming team and recruits some of the school's less popular students.” Source: Internet

If you’re more gung-ho about it, don’t bring up transactions or questions at every opportunity, because that’s likely to annoy your partner. Source: Internet

For now, investors, critics and experts are gung-ho about the appointment of Diess. Source: Internet

Lt. David Wolfe is their new CO: young, idealistic, and gung-ho, but even he has a secret that forced Central Command to shift him out of the line of fire. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

gunful gung gung fu gunga gunge gunge up