Definitions for trigger
ˈtrɪg ərtrig·ger

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. gun trigger, trigger(noun)

   lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

2. trigger(noun)

   a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

3. trigger, induction, initiation(verb)

   an act that sets in motion some course of events

4. trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off(verb)

   put in motion or move to act

   "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

5. trigger(verb)

   release or pull the trigger on

   "Trigger a gun"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trigger(Noun)

   A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.

   Just pull the trigger.

2. trigger(Noun)

   A similar device used to activate any mechanism.

3. trigger(Noun)

   An event that initiates others, or incites a response.

4. trigger(Noun)

   An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.

5. trigger(Noun)

   A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.

6. trigger(Noun)

   An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.

7. trigger(Noun)

   A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.

8. trigger(Noun)

   A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

9. trigger(Verb)

   to fire a weapon

10. trigger(Verb)

    to initiate something

Origin: Originally tricker, from trekker, from trekken.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trigger(noun)

   a catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity

2. 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

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trigger

   Trigger was a 15.3 hands palomino horse, made famous in American Western films with his owner/rider, cowboy star Roy Rogers.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Trigger

   trig′ėr, n. a catch which when pulled looses the hammer of a gun in firing: a catch to hold a wheel when driving on steep ground. [Dut. trekker—trekken, to pull.]

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1. Trigger

   Trigger, a San Francisco, CA-based company that has just launched its cross-platform mobile development framework targeted at web developers who want to be able to create native mobile apps.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trigger

   In ship-building, is the letting fall the paul of the cradle by which the dog-shore falls flush, and offers no further obstruction to the ship gliding down the ways into her absurdly termed "native element." Also, a small catch under the lock of fire-arms, by drawing which back, when the piece is cocked, it is discharged.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. trigger

   A steel catch, which being pulled disengages the cock of a gunlock, and causes the hammer to strike the nipple in percussion-muskets, and the firing-pin in breech-loaders. The difference between a hair and common trigger is this: the hair-trigger, when set, lets off the cock at the slightest touch, whereas the common trigger requires a greater degree of force, and consequently its operation is retarded.

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British National Corpus

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'trigger' in Verbs Frequency: #972

How to pronounce trigger?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of trigger in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of trigger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of trigger in a Sentence

1. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri:

   He probably barely got the trigger pulled.

2. John Saucer:

   The headline on Libya was merely the trigger.

3. African American:

   They won’t be the only one pulling a trigger.

4. Don Marquis:

   Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.

5. Nigel Inkster:

   , that could constitute a trigger for such an event.

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