Dictionary Entry
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
- 1noun
A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.
- 2noun
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.
- 3noun
an act that sets in motion some course of events
Synonyms
- 4noun
lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
- 5noun
a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
- 6verb
release or pull the trigger on
"Trigger a gun"
- 7verb
put in motion or move to act
"trigger a reaction"
"actuate the circuits"
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