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单词 shoot-from-the-hip
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shoot-from-the-hipadj.

Brit. /ˌʃuːtfrəmðəˈhɪp/, U.S. /ˈˌʃutfrəmðəˈhɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: to shoot from the hip at shoot v. Additions.
Etymology: < to shoot from the hip at shoot v. Additions.
Impulsive, intuitive; hasty; frank; unplanned, spontaneous. Cf. to shoot from the hip at shoot v. Additions.
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the world > action or operation > [adjective] > operating independently or spontaneously
unprovoked1585
automatical1586
automatic1599
self-acting1605
self-active1642
self-acted1651
spontaneous1664
authentic1834
semi-automatic1890
shoot-from-the-hip1967
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > intuition > [adjective]
belly-sprung1607
intuitive1645
intuitional1860
pre-rational1875
pre-reflective1902
telepathic1902
pre-reflexive1955
shoot-from-the-hip1967
1967 Ethics 77 292 These new Democrats..owed their election both to Johnson's image as a man who can get things done and to Goldwater's trigger-happy shoot-from-the-hip image.
1975 Business Week (Nexis) 17 Feb. (Managem. section) 40 Some observers think the claim is a shoot-from-the-hip guess.
1990 Internat. Business Week 2 Apr. 37/1 He spent hours in back-room sessions with..the shoot-from-the-hip chairman of the House telecommunications and finance subcommittee.
1997 J. Ryan Dismantling Mr Doyle ii. 38 Eve liked Star's shoot-from-the-hip approach but felt outpaced.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1967
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