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trig·ger

(trĭg′ər)

a. The lever pressed by the finger to discharge a firearm.

b. A similar device used to release or activate a mechanism.

2. Something that precipitates a particular event or situation.

3. Electronics A pulse or circuit that initiates the action of another component.

tr.v. trig·gered, trig·ger·ing, trig·gers

1. To set off; initiate: remarks that triggered bitter debates; allergens that trigger asthma attacks.

2. To fire or explode (a weapon or an explosive charge).

[Dutch trekker, from Middle Dutch trecker, from trecken, to pull.]

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trigger

(ˈtrɪɡə)

1. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a small projecting lever that activates the firing mechanism of a firearm

2. (Mechanical Engineering) machinery a device that releases a spring-loaded mechanism or a similar arrangement

3. any event that sets a course of action in motion

vb (tr)

4. (usually foll by off) to give rise (to); set off

5. to fire or set in motion by or as by pulling a trigger

[C17 tricker, from Dutch trekker, from trekken to pull; see trek]

ˈtriggered adj

ˈtriggerless adj

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trig•ger

(ˈtrɪg ər)

n.

1. a small projecting tongue in a firearm that, when pressed by the finger, actuates the mechanism that discharges the weapon.

2. a device, as a lever, the pulling or pressing of which releases a detent or spring.

3. anything, as an act or event, that initiates or precipitates a reaction or series of reactions.

v.t.

4. to initiate or precipitate (a reaction, process, or chain of events).

5. to fire or explode (a gun, missile, etc.) by pulling a trigger or releasing a triggering device.

v.i.

6. to release a trigger.

7. to become active; activate.

Idioms:

quick on the trigger,

a. quick to act or respond; impetuous; volatile.

b. ready to act; sensitive; alert.

[1615–25; earlier tricker < Dutch trekker, derivative of trekk(en) to pull (compare trek)]

trigger

Past participle: triggered
Gerund: triggering

Imperative
trigger
trigger

Present
I trigger
you trigger
he/she/it triggers
we trigger
you trigger
they trigger

Preterite
I triggered
you triggered
he/she/it triggered
we triggered
you triggered
they triggered

Present Continuous
I am triggering
you are triggering
he/she/it is triggering
we are triggering
you are triggering
they are triggering

Present Perfect
I have triggered
you have triggered
he/she/it has triggered
we have triggered
you have triggered
they have triggered

Past Continuous
I was triggering
you were triggering
he/she/it was triggering
we were triggering
you were triggering
they were triggering

Past Perfect
I had triggered
you had triggered
he/she/it had triggered
we had triggered
you had triggered
they had triggered

Future
I will trigger
you will trigger
he/she/it will trigger
we will trigger
you will trigger
they will trigger

Future Perfect
I will have triggered
you will have triggered
he/she/it will have triggered
we will have triggered
you will have triggered
they will have triggered

Future Continuous
I will be triggering
you will be triggering
he/she/it will be triggering
we will be triggering
you will be triggering
they will be triggering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been triggering
you have been triggering
he/she/it has been triggering
we have been triggering
you have been triggering
they have been triggering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been triggering
you will have been triggering
he/she/it will have been triggering
we will have been triggering
you will have been triggering
they will have been triggering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been triggering
you had been triggering
he/she/it had been triggering
we had been triggering
you had been triggering
they had been triggering

Conditional
I would trigger
you would trigger
he/she/it would trigger
we would trigger
you would trigger
they would trigger

Past Conditional
I would have triggered
you would have triggered
he/she/it would have triggered
we would have triggered
you would have triggered
they would have triggered

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Noun	1.	trigger - lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun gun trigger gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) hair trigger - a gun trigger that responds with little pressure lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum
	2.	trigger - a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen device - an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose; "the device is small enough to wear on your wrist"; "a device intended to conserve water" plutonium pit, plutonium trigger - a steel or beryllium sphere containing plutonium 239 that triggers nuclear fission when compressed by explosives
	3.	trigger - an act that sets in motion some course of events initiation, induction causation, causing - the act of causing something to happen instigation, fomentation - deliberate and intentional triggering (of trouble or discord)
Verb	1.	trigger - put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits" activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger off, trip initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of; "This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants"
	2.	trigger - release or pull the trigger on; "Trigger a gun"

trigger

verb

1. bring about, start, cause, produce, generate, prompt, provoke, set off, activate, give rise to, elicit, spark off, set in motion the incident which triggered the outbreak of the First World War
bring about stop, bar, block, prevent, inhibit, hinder, repress, obstruct, impede

2. set off, trip, activate, set going The thieves must have triggered the alarm.

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trigger

noun

Something that incites especially a violent response:

goad, incitation, incitement, instigation, provocation, stimulus.

verb

1. To be the cause of:

bring, bring about, bring on, cause, effect, effectuate, generate, induce, ingenerate, lead to, make, occasion, result in, secure, set off, stir (up), touch off.

Idioms: bring to pass, give rise to.

2. To stir to action or feeling:

egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, provoke, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, work up.

Translations

أداة القَدْح أو الأطلاق، مُطْلِقزِناد المُسَدَّسيَبدأ، يُطْلِق، يُشْعِل

spoušťspouštěčspustit

aftrækkerudløseudløser

Abzug auslösen Auslöser

πυροδοτώ σκανδάλη

gatillo hacer estallar provocar desatar desencadenante

déclencher déclencheur détente gâchette inciter

gikkurkoma/hrinda af staîundirrót, upptök

grilletto innesco far scattare

duoti postūmįgaidukaspostūmis

cēlonisizraisītizšķirošais notikums u.tmlmēlīte

avtrekker utløser

гашетка курок

spúšťač

sprožilo

başlatmakkışkırtıcı olaykışkırtmak tetik

引爆引起引起反应的事或行动板机激发

trigger

[ˈtrɪgəʳ]

A. N [of gun] → gatillo m; [of bomb, machine] → disparador m
to pull the trigger → apretar el gatillo, disparar

B. VT (also trigger off) [+ bomb] → hacer estallar; [+ fight, explosion] → provocar; [+ mechanism] → hacer funcionar, poner en movimiento; [+ chain of events] → desencadenar

C. CPD trigger finger N → índice m de la mano derecha (empleado para apretar el gatillo)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

trigger

[ˈtrɪgə^r]

[gun] → gâchette f
to pull the trigger → appuyer sur la gâchette

[bomb] → détonateur m

(= catalyst) to act as a trigger for sth → provoquer qch

modif [device, mechanism] → de déclenchement

[+ bomb] → déclencher; [+ alarm] → déclencher

[+ war, recession, strike, demonstration, illness] → déclencher

trigger off

vt [+ war, recession, strike, demonstration, illness] → déclenchertrigger-happy trigger happy [ˌtrɪgə^rˈhæpi] adj [person] → à la gâchette facile
to be trigger-happy → avoir la gâchette facile

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trigger

n (of gun) → Abzug(shahn) m, → Drücker m (inf); (of bomb) → Zünder m; (of cine camera, machine) → Auslöser m; (Elec) → Trigger m; to pull the trigger → abdrücken; to be quick on the trigger → schnell abdrücken

vt (also trigger off) → auslösen; bomb → zünden

trigger

trigger finger

n → Zeigefinger m; my trigger’s itching → es juckt mich abzudrücken

trigger grip

n → Pistolengriff m

trigger guard

n → Abzugsbügel m

trigger-happy

adj (inf) → schießfreudig (inf), → schießwütig (pej); (hum) photographer → knipswütig (inf)

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trigger

[ˈtrɪgəʳ]

1. n (of gun, machine) → grilletto
to pull the trigger → premere il grilletto

2. vt (also trigger off) (event) → provocare, scatenare

trigger

(ˈtrigə) noun

1. a small lever on a gun, which is pulled to make the gun fire. He aimed the rifle at her but did not pull the trigger.

2. anything which starts a series of actions or reactions.

verb

(often with off) to start (a series of events). The attack triggered (off) a full-scale war.

trig·ger

n. desencadenamiento; impulso o reacción que inicia otros eventos;

___ points → puntos de ___;

v. desencadenar, iniciar.

trigger

n gatillo; — finger dedo en gatillo; — point punto gatillo; vt provocar

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`Why, ma'am, it was simple enough; he pulled the trigger with his big toe.

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He felt of it from end to end, peered down the black depths of the muzzle, fingered the sights, the breech, the stock, and finally the trigger.

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The Arabs raised their rifles to pour in the last volley that would effectually end all resistance; but Achmet Zek roared out a warning order that stayed their trigger fingers.

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In the first fright of surprise, the black's finger pulled the trigger and his throat loosed an unearthly yell.

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A touch upon the trigger and all would have been well with Carter Druse.

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Energy may be likened to the bending of a crossbow; decision, to the releasing of a trigger.

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As it came first into view he raised the fowling-piece to his shoulder and, with a practised eye and steady hand, drew a trigger. The deer dashed forward undaunted, and apparently unhurt.

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A score of times, with arms that shook from weakness, he would draw a sight on the animal and refrain from pulling the trigger. His inhibition was a thing of iron.

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It must have been the latter cause which kept the trigger finger of the steady hand from exerting the little pressure that would have brought the great beast to at least a temporary pause.

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Had he but reversed it and pulled the trigger he might still be alive; maybe he is for all I know, since I did not kill him then.

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But before ever he could pull the trigger an avalanche of muscle was upon him, and he went down to the rotting vegetation of the jungle with five sinewy fingers at his throat.

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He was so close that I did not need to raise it to my shoulder, having but to pull the trigger to send him into Kingdom Come whenever I chose; but yet I hesitated.