(Chinese) work together
(Chinese) overly excited, too enthusiastic
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Gung ho Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
enthusiastic, full of eagerness She is really gung-ho about her new job at the library.
Meaning
Eager in an undisciplined way.
Origin
From the Chinese kung and ho meaning 'work together'.
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Origin
From the Chinese kung and ho meaning 'work together'.
very enthusiastic, very interested
Barb's gung ho about our trip to Greece. She's excited about it.
Barb's gung ho about our trip to Greece. She's excited about it.
1. warlike; keenly militaristic; 2. wholeheartedly fervid about doing something: “Don't be so gung-ho”
Adjective
1. very enthusiastic and dedicated
(similar) enthusiastic
Gung ho Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Gung Ho! (full title: Gung Ho!: The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders) is a 1943 war film starring Randolph Scott. The story is based on the real-life World War II Makin Island raid led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson's 2nd Marine Raider Battalion.
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Gung ho is a slang term in American English used to mean "enthusiastic" or "dedicated" originally used in Marine slang. It is an anglicised pronunciation of "gōng hé" (工合), the shortened version and slogan of the "gōngyè hézuòshè" or Chinese Industrial Cooperatives, which was abbreviated as INDUSCO in English.
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