triggerman
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9.7
- noun
- /ˈtrɪɡərˌmæn/
- Literature
:
tirador
- The triggerman fired twice more, this time into Millunzi's chest.
- the alleged triggerman
And I'll tell you some of them, you know, some of the biggest names, you know, weren't, you know, big time Triggerman.
- And I'll tell you some of them, you know, some of the biggest names, you know, weren't, you know, big time Triggerman.
Examples
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The restaurant owner nervously gathered up the ones and rolls of coins and started to offer them to him, but the triggerman snarled and showed him the gun again.
Fiction book (1996) -
The point is, I let Bobby take the triggerman slot... to save his ass from big-time embarrassment!
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Until we have the triggerman, we just track the device.
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And the identity of the triggerman is a mystery.
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I need a triggerman, white boy, not someone who just punches a clock.
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When the family pet's been assassinated... ...the owner doesn't want to hear that a student was the triggerman.
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The police arrested the suspected triggerman after he was identified on surveillance footage.
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Authorities believe that the triggerman acted alone in the assassination of the politician.
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Witnesses reported seeing the triggerman fleeing the scene immediately after the shooting.
Synonyms
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1.9
A person or animal that makes another living thing die on purpose
946
3.4
A person who illegally kills another person on purpose
520
3.6
A person who fires a gun, sometimes paid to kill others
230
6.3
A person who secretly kills a leader for political or religious reasons
183
4.8
A person who uses a gun to hurt or kill others
49
8.1
A person who is paid to kill someone, often with a gun
16
8.7
A person in the Old West who uses guns very well, often a sheriff or outlaw
9
9.9
A person hired to kill someone in a sudden attack
9
7.5
A person who shoots people and acts alone
4
8.9
A person paid to kill someone
2
9.1
A person who is paid to kill someone with a gun
1
9.1
A woman who is paid to kill people, often using a gun
1
9.9
A person paid by criminals to kill people
1
8.3
A person who secretly kills an important person, often for money
1
8.4
A woman who uses a gun, often to commit crimes
1
9.9
A person who kills someone, usually with a gun
1
9.9
A person who kills someone on purpose
A woman who is paid to kill someone, often using a gun
A person who kills others for political or criminal reasons
A person paid to kill someone
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Triggerman is made from trigger, the small part you 'pull' on a gun, and man, meaning a person. So it literally names the person who 'pulls' the trigger, often someone hired to shoot or kill for a crime.