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English
Etymology
Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪɡə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Noun
trigger (plural triggers)
- (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.
- Just pull the trigger.
- 1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, “[Experiment 14]”, in New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects, (Made, for the Most Part, in a New Pneumatical Engine) […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall, printer to the University, for Tho[mas] Robinson, published 1660, →OCLC, page 89:
- [W]e pull'd aſide the Tricker, and obſerv'd, that according to our expectation the force of the Spring of the Lock vvas not ſenſibly abated by the abſence of the Air.
- A similar device used to activate any mechanism.
- An event that initiates others, or incites a response.
- Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking.
- A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response.
- I can't watch that violent film. Blood is one of my triggers.
- (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person.
- (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.
- (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing.
- (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.
- (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity.
- (online gaming) A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command.
- (archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
Alternative forms
- tricker (Britain, dialectal, obsolete)
Derived terms
- chemoreceptor trigger zone
- grim trigger
- hair trigger
- hair-trigger
- have one's finger on the trigger
- itchy trigger finger
- parent trigger
- pull the trigger
- Schmitt trigger
- triggered
- trigger finger
- trigger flower
- trigger guard
- trigger-happy
- triggerish
- trigger law
- triggerless
- triggerlike
- triggerman
- triggernometry
- triggerplant
- trigger point
- trigger pricing
- trigger warning
- triggerwoman
- triggery
Related terms
Translations
finger-operated lever used to fire a gun
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similar device used to activate any mechanism
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event that initiates others, or incites a response
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event that initiates others
concept or image that sparks a negative emotional response
psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action
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music: electronic transducer allowing a percussion instrument to control an electronic device
music: device that manually lengthens the slide or tubing of a brass instrument
pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component
SQL procedure
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online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command
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Translations to be checked
Verb
trigger (third-person singular simple present triggers, present participle triggering, simple past and past participle triggered)
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon).
- 2011, Jim Baggott, The First War of Physics, Pegasus Books, →ISBN:
- A U235 bomb would therefore need to incorporate a gun weighing ten tons. Then there was the question of initiating or triggering the bomb.
- (transitive) To cause, to precipitate, to bring (something) about in response or as a result.
- Synonyms: precipitate, set off, cause, activate, initiate
- The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers.
- 2020 August 26, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Three die in ScotRail landslip derailment at Carmont”, in Rail, page 6:
- The accident followed torrential early morning rain that triggered widespread flooding across Scotland's tracks, including south of Carmont.
- (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (a person).
- Synonym: push someone's buttons
- This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.
- 2019, Donald Trump Jr., Triggered[1], Center Street, →ISBN:
- People get triggered simply by seeing a Trump.
- 2020 January 25, Ernesto Londoño, Letícia Casado, “Glenn Greenwald in Bolsonaro’s Brazil”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- “I think I trigger a lot of their primal rage,” Mr. Greenwald said, referring to Brazilians who support the president. “They view me as someone who deserves to be punished.”
- (transitive, figurative, by extension of above, Internet slang) To intentionally offend someone, especially by expressing radical or edgy opinions.
- I encountered a forum user who didn't agree with me, so I wrote some comments with my political slogans to trigger that clueless kiddo.
- (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active.
- 1997, Mill Operators' Conference, page 182:
- Sodium nitrite (750 ppm) was added after the alarm triggered at three hours, and corrosion did not occur for over eight hours.
Usage notes
- Among movements to promote mental health awareness, especially concerning autism; epilepsy; and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), using the to spark an esp. negative emotional response in sense for lesser matters is often considered offensive to and exclusive of those who regularly deal with triggers that aggravate their symptoms (meltdowns; seizures, anxiety attacks; etc.).
Derived terms
Descendants
- → German: triggern
Translations
to fire a weapon
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to initiate something
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to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)
(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active
Adjective
trigger
- comparative form of trig: more trig
Further reading
trigger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - database trigger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “trigger”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “trigger”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “trigger”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English trigger.
Noun
trigger n (plural triggere)
Declension
Declension of trigger
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) trigger | triggerul | (niște) triggere | triggerele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) trigger | triggerului | (unor) triggere | triggerelor |
| vocative | triggerule | triggerelor | ||
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