trigger

trigger is a 7-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
2. 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.
3. noun. an act that sets in motion some course of events

   Synonyms: induction, initiation

4. noun. lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
5. noun. a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
6. verb. release or pull the trigger on

   "Trigger a gun"

7. verb. put in motion or move to act

   "trigger a reaction"

   "actuate the circuits"

   Synonyms: activate, actuate, spark, trip

Synonyms

induction, initiation, activate, actuate, spark, trip

Common word forms

triggers, triggered, triggering, triggerless

Words from these letters

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