" gung ho "

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1:  Really insanely enthusiastic about a task, sport, hobby etc.

  * e.g.,  ...  I like my work but I'm not too gung ho about putting in all that overtime. Eight hours a day is enough. After that my brain is toast. 

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1: also mandarin g0nghé

  * e.g.,  ... "Man.. I was so gungho I ran home telling my mom that I was going to war in Nam like it was a vacation". 

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2: derived from an asian word.

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3: Orgin:Soldier Slang 1940's

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4: to be gungho. meaning to be so psyched out for war. a mentality,thinking you are bullet-proof. your so hyped up and pumped so much. you can't wait to rush in and attack with your fellow soldiers.

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1: to be really excited about something. to really want to do something.

  * e.g.,  ... My mom was gung ho about getting the house cleaned up because of the guests. 

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1: A person who works very hard, efficient, and fast at a task or job.

  * e.g.,  ... Whenever I hire my neighbor's son to work in my yard he is really gung ho. 

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1: someone who is very assertive about getting something done

  * e.g.,  ... Sam was gung ho about getting those packages on the truck before his shift was over. 

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1:  A prostitute who services a whole gang, or "gung", as the term is pronounced in Jamaican English

  * e.g.,  ...  galang na an git I-n-I a gung ho 

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2:  Any eager individual (see other definitions on this page for etymology)

  * e.g.,  ...  peter wa gung ho abot teh hol ting  

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3:  "Gung gung ho" is an emphatic variant of definitions (1) and (2) in their respective senses

  * e.g.,  ...  me gwaan git me a gung gung ho dis time 

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1: Translated from Indonesian: Working together; Some one with brass balls but no brain; Doing something one would not consider wise, yet requering alota guts.

  * e.g.,  ... Marines busted into the enemy base gung-ho, guns blazing. 

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1: go/going commando

  * e.g.,  ... I enjoy going gung ho! 

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1: 1:Incredibly enthusiastic, zealous and dedicated

  * e.g.,  ... 1: Joe is gung-ho about legalising marajuana in his country. 

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2: Use of Mandarin expression g¨­ngh¨¦ (to work together) or g¨­ngy¨¨h¨¦zu¨°sh¨¨, the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society. Originally used during WWII by US Marines Lt.Col. Evans F. Carlson to describe the enthusiasm and dedication of the Chinese soldiers and to encourage his batallion (Second Raider Batallion) to have the same attitude towards their wartime duties.

  * e.g.,  ... 2: George W. Bush is GUNG-HO in his attitudes toward the Iraq war 

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3: 2:Used to describe someone who is overly enthusiastic on the topic of war

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1: A borrowing from Chinese used in English as an adjective meaning 'enthusiastic'.

  * e.g.,  ... She was absolutely gung-ho when she got to know that Tool have just dropped a new album.