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Dictionary quizzes to help you remember vocabulary

(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. / A similar device used to activate any mechanism. / An event that initiates others, or incites a response.

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Source Word

trigger

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

Internet archaic

(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. / A similar device used to activate any mechanism. / An event that initiates others, or incites a response.

Japanese Meaning

銃や機械などを作動させるための引き金、扳機 / ある出来事や反応を引き起こすきっかけ、触媒

What is this buttons?

He gently pulled the trigger, and the old rifle cracked in the quiet barn.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼はそっと引き金を引くと、静かな納屋に古いライフルの銃声が響いた。

Sense（1）

(firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun.

Just pull the trigger.

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Sense（2）

A similar device used to activate any mechanism.

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An event that initiates others, or incites a response.

Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（4）

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.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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(psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action in a person.

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(music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device.

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(electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component.

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(archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity.

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