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What (who) is trigger - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Trigger system; Triggers; Trigger (disambiguation); Trigger mechanism; TRIGGER; Trigger (computing); Trigger (film)
Trigger
·noun A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
II. Trigger ·noun A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.
trigger
(triggers, triggering, triggered)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
The trigger of a gun is a small lever which you pull to fire it.
A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.
N-COUNT
2.
The trigger of a bomb is the device which causes it to explode.
...trigger devices for nuclear weapons.
N-COUNT: oft N n
3.
To trigger a bomb or system means to cause it to work.
The thieves must have deliberately triggered the alarm and hidden inside the house...
= activate
VERB: V n
4.
If something triggers an event or situation, it causes it to begin to happen or exist.
...the incident which triggered the outbreak of the First World War...
VERB: V n
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It is still not clear what events triggered off the demonstrations.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
5.
If something acts as a trigger for another thing such as an illness, event, or situation, the first thing causes the second thing to begin to happen or exist.
Stress may act as a trigger for these illnesses.
N-COUNT: oft N for n
trigger
n.
device for releasing the hammer of a firearm
1) to press, pull, release, squeeze a (the) trigger
2) a hair ('delicate') trigger
device that fires an explosive
3) a trigger for (a trigger for an H-bomb)
Examples of use of trigger
1. He pulled the trigger several times before realizing the next trigger pull would be fatal.
2. He pulled the trigger several times before realizing the next trigger pull would be fatal. I just broke down.
3. The architectural trigger stems from marketing personnel.
4. The resignation will likely trigger early elections.
5. After all, whoever pulled the trigger –– or paid someone to pay someone to pull the trigger –– has already won a major victory.