trigger in English: The small lever you pull to fire a gun; also anything that makes something suddenly start. (noun)

Translation

The small lever you pull to fire a gun; also anything that makes something suddenly start.

Word origin

From Dutch trekker, meaning a puller, from trekken (to pull).

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You pull the trigger to fire a gun.

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A trigger is the thing that makes something else start.

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As a verb, to trigger something is to make it start suddenly.

gun

A weapon that shoots small pieces of metal very fast.

shoot

To fire a gun, or to send something fast through the air at a target.

fire

The hot, bright flames that burn when something is on fire and give heat and light.

start

To begin to do something, or to make something begin.

cause

To make something happen, most often something bad.

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