Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - trigger
Trigger
trigger
n. & v. --n. 1 a movable device for releasing a spring or catch and so setting off a mechanism (esp. that of a gun). 2 an event, occurrence, etc., that sets off a chain reaction. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by off) set (an action or process) in motion; initiate, precipitate. 2 fire (a gun) by the use of a trigger. Phrases and idioms quick on the trigger quick to respond. trigger fish any usu. tropical marine fish of the family Balistidae with a first dorsal fin-spine which can be depressed by pressing on the second. trigger-happy apt to shoot without or with slight provocation. Derivatives triggered adj. Etymology: 17th-c. tricker f. Du. trekker f. trekken pull: cf. TREK
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I. noun see: trek Date: 1621 1. a piece (as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it, a similar movable part by which a mechanism is actuated , something that acts like a mechanical ~ in initiating a process or reaction, ~ adjective ~ed adjective II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1916 transitive verb 1. to release or activate by means of a ~, to cause the explosion of , to initiate, actuate, or set off by a ~ , intransitive verb to release a mechanical ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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