Trigger
['trɪgə] or ['trɪɡɚ]
Definition
(noun.) an act that sets in motion some course of events.
(noun.) a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen.
(verb.) release or pull the trigger on; 'Trigger a gun'.
Typed by Brian--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
(n.) 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.
Edited by Hilda
Definition
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.
Inputed by Kurt
Examples
- My finger was on the trigger of this pistol. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A small _electric battery_ has been placed in the stock to explode the cartridge when the trigger is pulled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Then his finger tightened on the trigger. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Suddenly Kerchak's finger closed upon the trigger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The duelling pistol, with its long barrel, its hair trigger and inlaid stock, and the derringer, with its short barrel of large bore, were the popular forms. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- As the hammers move back the mainspring is compressed, and when the dog B is removed from the notch by pulling on the trigger, the hammers are released and the gun fired. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Quickly she snatched it from its hiding-place, and, leveling it full at the lioness's face, pulled the trigger. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- More than once you will find yourself wondering whether there can be guns enough in the world, or fingers enough to press their triggers, to use such a tremendous production of ammunition. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
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