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Trigger   /trˈɪgər/   Listen
Trigger

noun
1.
Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun.  Synonym: gun trigger.
2.
A device that activates or releases or causes something to happen.
3.
An act that sets in motion some course of events.  Synonyms: induction, initiation.
verb
1.
Put in motion or move to act.  Synonyms: activate, actuate, set off, spark, spark off, touch off, trigger off, trip.  "Actuate the circuits"
2.
Release or pull the trigger on.


Trig

adjective
1.
Neat and smart in appearance.  Synonyms: clean-cut, trim.  "The trig corporal in his jaunty cap" , "A trim beard"



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"Trigger" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the moment would have cringed, lest the unaccustomed duty of some deputy should so unnerve his hand that he would inadvertently and prematurely pull the trigger of his weapon. But all held sufficiently steady, as they looked through ...
— Crossing the Plains, Days of '57 - A Narrative of Early Emigrant Tavel to California by the Ox-team Method • William Audley Maxwell
... however, the sights of my gun steadied long enough for me to pull the trigger, and to my great delight—and I may as well admit, surprise—Mr. Gobbler tumbled over dead when I fired, and he was so heavy as to be a good load for me to ...
— Thirty-One Years on the Plains and In the Mountains • William F. Drannan
... because of its weight. But he held it, arm extended, above his head, and then let it slowly drop forward and down. At the instant Fortune's left breast and the sight flashed into line with his eye, he pulled the trigger. Fortune did not whirl, but gay San Francisco dimmed and faded, and as the sun-bright snow turned black and blacker, he breathed his last malediction on the Chance he ...
— The God of His Fathers • Jack London
... firing-slit I could see him leaping across the marsh toward the gray church with the cracked bell, and as he disappeared by the short cut I pulled the trigger ...
— A Village of Vagabonds • F. Berkeley Smith
... adjusting screw on the lead to lever. This I remove when the wire has been stretched to its full tension. I have everything removed from lever, so there can be no meddling or altering. When once the wire is stretched so that no slack remains between lever and trigger, no further adjustment ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 286 - June 25, 1881 • Various


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