gung ho

Inf. enthusiastically in favor of something. Bobby is really gung ho on his plan to start his own company.

gung ho

Also, gung-ho. Extremely enthusiastic or dedicated, as in She was gung ho about her new job. This expression was introduced in 1942 as a training slogan for a U.S. Marine battalion, derived from what an American officer thought were Mandarin Chinese words for "work together." It was actually an abbreviation for the name of Chinese industrial cooperatives.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ichirou	ee-chee-ṙo:	Japanese
Adwoa	-	Western African, Akan
Joaquina	hwah-KEE-nah	Spanish
Ishita	-	Indian, Hindi
Adriana	ahd-RYAH-nah (Italian, Spanish, Polish), ayd-ree-AN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, English
Hesiod	HES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)	Ancient Greek (Anglicized)