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gung-ho

[guhng-hoh]

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–adjective

1.	wholeheartedly enthusiastic and loyal; eager; zealous: a gung-ho military outfit.

–adverb

2.	in a successful manner: The business is going gung-ho.

Origin:
introduced as a training slogan in 1942 by U.S. Marine officer Evans F. Carlson (1896–1947) < Chin gōng hé, the abbreviated name of the Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society, taken by a literal trans. as “work together”

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Cultural Dictionary

gung-ho

Extremely enthusiastic or zealous: “He was gung-ho about going on a vacation to the beach.”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary

gung-ho [ˈgəŋˈho]

mod.
zealous; enthusiastic. : We're really gung-ho about the possibilities of this product.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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