Gung-ho

What is Gung-ho?


1.

1:Incredibly enthusiastic, zealous and dedicated

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.

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

1: Joe is gung-ho about legalising marajuana in his country.

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

See enthusiastic, jarhead, marines

2.

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

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

See korn, ho, jimi hendrix, tool, 69


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