trigger
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: business
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natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
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weaponry
Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).
Inflected forms:
form: triggers
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tricker
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: triggers
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: triggering
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: triggered
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: triggered
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
pos: noun
examples: Just pull the trigger.
[W]e pull'd aſide the Tricker, and obſerv'd, that according to our expectation the force of the Spring of the Lock vvas not ſenſibly abated by the abſence of the Air.
gloss: A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
pos: noun
gloss: An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
pos: noun
examples: Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking.
gloss: An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
pos: noun
gloss: A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
pos: noun
examples: emotional trigger
I can't watch that violent film. Blood is one of my triggers.
gloss: An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
pos: noun
gloss: An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
pos: noun
gloss: A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
pos: noun
gloss: A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
pos: noun
gloss: An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
pos: noun
gloss: A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
pos: noun
tags: archaic
gloss: An argument whose semantic role determines the choice of a verbal affix, in certain Austronesian languages.
pos: noun
gloss: To fire (a weapon).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A U235 bomb would therefore need to incorporate a gun weighing ten tons. Then there was the question of initiating or triggering the bomb.
gloss: To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers.
The accident followed torrential early morning rain that triggered widespread flooding across Scotland's tracks, including south of Carmont.
gloss: To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
pos: verb
tags: figuratively
transitive
examples: This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.
People get triggered simply by seeing a Trump.
I encountered a forum user who didn't agree with me, so I wrote some comments with my political slogans to trigger that clueless kiddo.
gloss: To activate; to become active.
pos: verb
tags: especially
intransitive
examples: Sodium nitrite (750 ppm) was added after the alarm triggered at three hours, and corrosion did not occur for over eight hours.
Related words: trek
Derived words: chemoreceptor trigger zone
grim trigger
hair trigger
hair-trigger
have one's finger on the trigger
itchy trigger finger
parent trigger
pretrigger
pull the trigger
Schmitt trigger
triggered
trigger finger
triggerfish
trigger flower
trigger guard
trigger-happy
triggerish
trigger law
triggerless
triggerlike
triggerman
triggernometry
triggerplant
trigger point
trigger pricing
trigger warning
triggerwoman
trigger word
triggery
mistrigger
phototrigger
untrigger
retrigger
self-trigger
triggerable
triggerer
Translations:
lang: Czech
word: spoušť
lang: Czech
word: spouštěč
lang: Finnish
word: laukaisija
lang: Finnish
word: alkusysäys
lang: French
word: activateur
lang: German
word: Auslöser
lang: Greek
word: έναυσμα
roman: énafsma
lang: Icelandic
word: kveikja
lang: Indonesian
word: pemicu
lang: Italian
word: innesco
lang: Italian
word: detonatore
lang: Portuguese
word: gatilho
lang: Russian
word: три́ггер
roman: trígger
lang: Spanish
word: desencadenante
lang: Spanish
word: detonante
lang: Finnish
word: laukaisija
lang: Portuguese
word: estopim
lang: Russian
word: три́ггер
roman: trígger