Define Gung-ho Meaning

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

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

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

also mandarin g0nghé

derived from an asian word.

Orgin:Soldier Slang 1940's

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.

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

Original translation was "to strive for harmony" used during WWII originally by the Marine Raiders. Now is used more to mean excited about something.

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

someone who is very assertive about getting something done

A female individual who recently has conducted numerous sexual encounters in succession without remorse.

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

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

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