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Definition of Gung ho
1. Adjective. Very enthusiastic and dedicated.
Definition of Gung ho
1. Adjective. (informal derogatory) Very enthusiastic or energetic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gung Ho
Literary usage of Gung ho
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War by Jon T. Hoffman (1995)
"He thought the Makin Raid had been a "fiasco," and he had no interest in "gung ho."
Shapley wasted no time in turning the unit into "a regular battalion. ..."
2. Prayer at Rumayla: A Novel of the Gulf War by Charles Sheehan-Miles (2007)
"Tommy—he was a gung-ho son of a bitch. People 'round here thought he was strange,
too, being friends with me and John. Folks looked at a white boy strange ..."
3. The Theatre of Violence: Narratives of Protagonists in the South African by Don H. Foster, Paul Haupt, Maresa de Beer (2005)
"On the other hand, there is the'action man' or'gung-ho'-type of ... Far from
being purely the gung-ho action man ..."
4. Screamfree Parenting: Raising Your Kids by Keeping Your Coolby Hal Edward Runkel by Hal Edward Runkel (2005)
"It's easy to see why you are so gung-ho about this movement. I found myself
thinking, "I sure wish my parents had read this book when they were raising me! ..."
5. Green Light!: Men of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron Tell Their Story by Martin Wolfe (1989)
"Whenever we were with them on airfields they always acted the role of gung-ho
bullies and paraded their contempt for us "lily-livered fly babies. ..."
6. Sea-Changes: American Foreign Policy in a World Transformed by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos (1990)
"These failures were actually greater in the 1980s, in the gung ho Reagan years,
than during the seemingly more dangerous Nixon and Carter administrations. ..."
7. Making the Match: The Right Book for the Right Reader at the Right Time by Teri S. Lesesne (2003)
"My family has always been gung-ho on education. My father's greatest desire was
for his children to finish high school and go to college. ..."
8. Apollo's Warriors: United States Air Force Special Operations During the by Michael E. Haas (1998)
"... because the SAWC people . . . were really gung-ho—all of them were. Under a
leader like Barney, everybody was just ready to do anything they could. ..."
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