trigger
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- noun
- /ˈtrɪɡər/
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- The toy gun makes a noise when you pull the trigger.
- pull the trigger
- finger on the trigger
- hair trigger
I feel I could tell you what the ridges of that trigger felt like on my finger.
- I feel I could tell you what the ridges of that trigger felt like on my finger.
- You kick the door, you go inside and you touch that trigger, you almost touch it.
- Just like don't, don't, don't pull the trigger.
- I do not know who pulled the trigger when I say that.
- The big thing was there was a trigger in it.
- I pulled it off with whatever left, left and right trigger do together.
Examples
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Pull the trigger halfway.
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If you pull that trigger, you will never find out, where your son is.
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The big thing was there was a trigger in it.
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And I immediately see the trigger on the floor.
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I pull this trigger, and it's Game Over, Player One.
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Pull that red button, then grab the trigger and then pull up.
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First time I pulled the trigger.
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And then once you pull this little trigger, you can spray yourself down.
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Closing his eyes, he squeezed the trigger as another warrior closed in.
Fiction book (1990) -
Hawthorne pointed to the trigger and gestured to indicate how the weapon should be held.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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A small gun part that makes it fire with a very light touch
A small part on a gun that you pull to make it shoot
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A small metal device that holds plutonium and starts a nuclear explosion when explosives squeeze it
How Easy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Trigger originally named the small part on a gun you pull, from an old word like trekken 'to pull'. That's why a trigger is the little lever that makes a gun or machine fire when you pull it.