Gung Ho Definition

guŋhō
adjective
Extremely enthusiastic and dedicated.
American Heritage
Enthusiastic, cooperative, enterprising, etc. in an unrestrained, often naive way.
Webster's New World
Alternative spelling of gung ho.
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Origin of Gung Ho

  • Earlier Gung Ho motto of certain US Marine forces in Asia during World War II from Mandarin gōnghé (short for gōngyè hézuòshè Chinese Industrial Cooperative Society) gōng work (from Middle Chinese kəwŋ) hé to be joined together, combine (from Middle Chinese xfiap)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gung Ho Sentence Examples

  • Finally, how do you stay the course and keep focused once the initial gung-ho spirit wears off?

  • With 2005 sales of £ 40m he's not surprisingly gung-ho about business too.

  • So you're kind of going gung-ho for the girl.

  • If that sounds typically gung-ho, then consider Pearl Harbor.

  • Hoo har What is it those American gung hoo har What is it those American gung ho soldiers shout in movies with that throat clearing burst of machismo?

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