"trigger" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹɪɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trigger.wav [Southern-England] Forms: triggers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|tricker}} tricker, {{m|en||drawer-pull}} drawer-pull, {{m|en||bell-pull}} bell-pull, {{bor|en|nl|trekker|pos=noun, as in <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">drawer-pull</i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">bell-pull</i>|t=pull}} Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), {{der|en|nl|trekken|t=to drag, draw, pull}} Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} trigger (plural triggers)
  1. (firearms) A finger-operated lever used to fire a gun. Categories (topical): Firearms Translations (finger-operated lever used to fire a gun): sneller (Afrikaans), زِنَاد (zinād) [masculine] (Arabic), খিলিকি (khiliki) (Assamese), ফৰিঙা (phoriṅa) (Assamese), কজক (kozok) (Assamese), লপলপী (loplopi) (Assamese), тәте (təte) (Bashkir), спускавы́ кручо́к (spuskavý kručók) [masculine] (Belarusian), цы́нгель (cýnhjelʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), куро́к (kurók) [masculine] (Belarusian), саба́чка (sabáčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), гашэ́тка (hašétka) [feminine] (Belarusian), спу́сък (spúsǎk) [masculine] (Bulgarian), လက်လှုပ် (lakhlup) (Burmese), gallet [masculine] (Catalan), 扳機 (Chinese Mandarin), 扳机 (bānjī) (Chinese Mandarin), spoušť [feminine] (Czech), udløser [common-gender] (Danish), aftrækker [common-gender] (Danish), trekker [masculine] (Dutch), baskulo (Esperanto), stillipinnur [masculine] (Faroese), avtrekkjari [masculine] (Faroese), liipaisin (Finnish), détente [feminine] (French), gâchette [feminine] (French), can [masculine] (Galician), სასხლეტი (sasxleṭi) (Georgian), Abzug [masculine] (German), σκανδάλη (skandáli) [feminine] (Greek), הֶדֶק (hédek) [masculine] (Hebrew), ravasz (Hungarian), gikkur [masculine] (Icelandic), pelatuk (Indonesian), kurokka (Ingrian), truicear [masculine] (Irish), grilletto [masculine] (Italian), 引き金 (hikigane) (alt: ひきがね) (Japanese), (alt: こう, kō, ぐ, gu) (Japanese), កៃ (kay) (Khmer), 방아쇠 (bang'asoe) (Korean), mēlīte [feminine] (Latvian), чкрапало (čkrapalo) [neuter] (Macedonian), picu [neuter] (Malay), keu (Maori), гох (gox) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠭᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ (ɣok-a) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), utløser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), utløyser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), utløysar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), تتك (tetik) (Ottoman Turkish), ماشه (mâše) (Persian), Aufdrekja [masculine] (Plautdietsch), spust [masculine] (Polish), cyngiel [masculine] (Polish), gatilho [masculine] (Portuguese), спусково́й крючо́к (spuskovój krjučók) [masculine] (Russian), куро́к (kurók) [masculine] (Russian), гаше́тка (gašétka) [feminine] (Russian), соба́чка (sobáčka) [feminine] (Russian), спуск (spusk) [masculine] (Russian), три́ггер (trígger) [masculine] (Russian), snap [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), spúšť [feminine] (Slovak), sprožilec [masculine] (Slovene), gatillo [masculine] (Spanish), avtryckare [common-gender] (Swedish), gatilyo (Tagalog), kulbitan (Tagalog), kaltisan (Tagalog), ไก (gai) (Thai), ไกปืน (gai-bpʉʉn) (Thai), སྐམ་པ (skam pa) (Tibetan), [4, 5] tetikleme (Turkish), tetik (Turkish), спускови́й гачо́к (spuskovýj hačók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), соба́чка (sobáčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), гаше́тка (hašétka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ци́нгель (cýnhelʹ) [dated, masculine] (Ukrainian), куро́к (kurók) [masculine] (Ukrainian), (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-NrnRksdR Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry Disambiguation of 'finger-operated lever used to fire a gun': 57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0
  2. A similar device used to activate any mechanism. Translations (similar device used to activate any mechanism): пусково устройство (puskovo ustrojstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), spoušť [feminine] (Czech), udløser [common-gender] (Danish), baskulo (Esperanto), laukaisija (Finnish), laukaisin (Finnish), actionneur [masculine] (French), Auslöser [masculine] (German), σκανδάλη (skandáli) [feminine] (Greek), truicear [masculine] (Irish), levetta [feminine] (Italian), keu (Maori), spust [masculine] (Polish), wyzwalacz [masculine] (Polish), gatilho (Portuguese), три́ггер (trígger) [masculine] (Russian), спуск (spusk) [masculine] (Russian), spúšťač [masculine] (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-kVE9QVqW Disambiguation of 'similar device used to activate any mechanism': 16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0
  3. An event that initiates others, or incites a response. Translations (event that initiates others): laukaisija (Finnish), estopim [masculine] (Portuguese), три́ггер (trígger) [masculine] (Russian) Translations (event that initiates others, or incites a response): spoušť [feminine] (Czech), spouštěč [masculine] (Czech), laukaisija (Finnish), alkusysäys (Finnish), activateur [masculine] (French), Auslöser [masculine] (German), kveikja [feminine] (Icelandic), pemicu (Indonesian), innesco [masculine] (Italian), detonatore [masculine] (Italian), gatilho [masculine] (Portuguese), три́ггер (trígger) [masculine] (Russian), detonador [masculine] (Spanish), detonante [masculine] (Spanish), desencadenante [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-fnx34isM Disambiguation of 'event that initiates others': 3 3 57 1 17 1 2 9 3 3 0 Disambiguation of 'event that initiates others, or incites a response': 1 1 74 4 7 1 2 5 2 1 0
  4. A concept or image that upsets somebody by sparking a negative emotional response. Translations (concept or image that sparks a negative emotional response): gatilho [masculine] (Portuguese), три́ггер (trígger) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-Vc93kXL~ Disambiguation of 'concept or image that sparks a negative emotional response': 2 3 9 69 2 2 3 3 3 3 0
  5. (psychology) An event, experience or other stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or a strong reaction in a person. Categories (topical): Psychology Translations (psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action): laukaisija (Finnish), gatilho [masculine] (Portuguese), три́ггер (trígger) [masculine] (Russian), и́мпульс (ímpulʹs) [masculine] (Russian), побужде́ние (pobuždénije) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-PBg3jLPy Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action': 4 5 6 1 60 2 3 8 6 3 1
  6. (music) An electronic transducer allowing a drum, cymbal, etc. to control an electronic drum unit or similar device. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-cvMIsurb Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  7. (music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing. Categories (topical): Music Translations (music: device that manually lengthens the slide or tubing of a brass instrument): liipaisin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-L0BLTrcu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 4 2 3 8 16 20 14 3 1 2 4 7 6 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'music: device that manually lengthens the slide or tubing of a brass instrument': 4 11 1 1 2 10 57 7 5 1 0
  8. (electronics) A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component. Categories (topical): Electronics Translations (pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component): heräte (Finnish), impulso [masculine] (Italian), gatilho [masculine] (Portuguese), desencadenante [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-wdQ0J81M Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 4 2 3 8 16 20 14 3 1 2 4 7 6 Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component': 3 2 3 1 3 6 6 70 6 1 0
  9. (databases) An SQL procedure that may be initiated when a record is inserted, updated or deleted; typically used to maintain referential integrity. Categories (topical): Databases Translations (SQL procedure): 觸發器 (Chinese Mandarin), 触发器 (chùfāqì) (Chinese Mandarin), automaattisesti käynnistyvä proseduuri (Finnish), triggeri (Finnish), トリガ (toriga) (Japanese), 트리거 (teurigeo) (Korean), wyzwalacz [masculine] (Polish), trigger [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), три́ггер (trígger) [masculine] (Russian), три́гер (trýher) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-fm2krj~1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 5 4 2 3 8 16 20 14 3 1 2 4 7 6 Topics: computing, databases, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'SQL procedure': 5 3 0 0 2 3 3 6 74 2 1
  10. (online gaming) A text string that, when received by a player, will cause the player to execute a certain command. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Video games Translations (online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command): triggeri (Finnish), trigger [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-IHhLQhhp Topics: games, gaming Disambiguation of 'online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command': 5 4 1 2 4 4 5 5 8 61 1
  11. (archaic) A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-noun-~Q7p51kO
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tricker [Britain, dialectal, obsolete] Related terms: trek Translations (music: electronic transducer allowing a percussion instrument to control an electronic device): laukaisin (Finnish)

Verb

IPA: /ˈtɹɪɡə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtɹɪɡɚ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-trigger.wav [Southern-England] Forms: triggers [present, singular, third-person], triggering [participle, present], triggered [participle, past], triggered [past]
Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Etymology: Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|tricker}} tricker, {{m|en||drawer-pull}} drawer-pull, {{m|en||bell-pull}} bell-pull, {{bor|en|nl|trekker|pos=noun, as in <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">drawer-pull</i>, <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">bell-pull</i>|t=pull}} Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), {{der|en|nl|trekken|t=to drag, draw, pull}} Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} trigger (third-person singular simple present triggers, present participle triggering, simple past and past participle triggered)
  1. (transitive) To fire a weapon. Tags: transitive Synonyms: activate, detonate, fire Translations (to fire a weapon): натискам спусъка (natiskam spusǎka) (Bulgarian), afvuren (Dutch), vuren (Dutch), laukaista (Finnish), apertar o gatillo (Galician), disparar (Galician), სროლა (srola) (Georgian), გასროლა (gasrola) (Georgian), πυροδοτώ (pyrodotó) (Greek), elsüt (Hungarian), premere il grilletto (Italian), 쏘다 (ssoda) (Korean), 발포(發砲)하다 (balpohada) (Korean), 발사(發射)하다 (balsahada) (Korean), avfyre (Norwegian Bokmål), pociągać za spust (Polish), apertar o gatilho (Portuguese), atirar (Portuguese), apretar el gatillo (Spanish), detonar (Spanish), gatillar (Spanish), disparar (Spanish), ateşlemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-verb-LxOYKSh8 Disambiguation of 'to fire a weapon': 100 0 0 0
  2. (transitive) To initiate something. Tags: transitive Synonyms: activate, initiate Translations (to initiate something): започвам (započvam) (Bulgarian), инициирам (iniciiram) (Bulgarian), desencadenar (Catalan), spustit (Czech), initiëren (Dutch), activeren (Dutch), ontketenen (Dutch), ekigi (Esperanto), päästikustama (Estonian), käynnistää (Finnish), déclencher (French), desencadear (Galician), auslösen (German), triggern (German), πυροδοτώ (pyrodotó) (Greek), kivált (Hungarian), kelt (Hungarian), előidéz (Hungarian), hrinda af stað (Icelandic), koma af stað (Icelandic), innescare (Italian), accendere la miccia (Italian), attivare (Italian), provocare (Italian), scatenare (Italian), 일으키다 (ireukida) (Korean), 촉발(觸發)시키다 (chokbalsikida) (Korean), 유발(誘發)하다 (yubalhada) (Korean), powodować (Polish), wywoływać (Polish), desencadear (Portuguese), spustiť (Slovak), desencadenar (Spanish), provocar (Spanish), iniciar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-verb-NRytHOqj Disambiguation of 'to initiate something': 1 94 3 2
  3. (transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in an individual. Tags: figuratively, transitive Synonyms: push someone's buttons Translations (to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)): être évocateur ; déchaîner (French), alterar (Galician), felzaklat (Hungarian), kiborít [informal] (Hungarian), wyzwalać (Polish), powodować (Polish), desencadear (Portuguese), alterar (Spanish), desencadenar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-verb-CGyfxllG Disambiguation of 'to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)': 0 2 97 1
  4. (intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active. Tags: especially, intransitive Categories (topical): Electronics Translations ((intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active): тригерирам (trigeriram) (Bulgarian), triggern (German), aktivál (Hungarian), érvénybe léptet (Hungarian), élesít (note: to make (e.g. an article) publicly available online) (Hungarian), attivare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-trigger-en-verb-k9LNBu5J Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of '(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active': 19 16 1 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: self-trigger

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "কজক"
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          "roman": "loplopi",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "লপলপী"
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "cýnhjelʹ",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "цы́нгель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kurók",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "куро́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sabáčka",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "саба́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "hašétka",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гашэ́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "spúsǎk",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спу́сък"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "lakhlup",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "လက်လှုပ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gallet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "扳機"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bānjī",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "扳机"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spoušť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "udløser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "aftrækker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "trekker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "baskulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "stillipinnur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "avtrekkjari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "liipaisin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "détente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gâchette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "can"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "sasxleṭi",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "სასხლეტი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Abzug"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "skandáli",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "σκανδάλη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "hédek",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "הֶדֶק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "ravasz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gikkur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "pelatuk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "kurokka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "truicear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grilletto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "alt": "ひきがね",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hikigane",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "引き金"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "alt": "こう, kō, ぐ, gu",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "鉷"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kay",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "កៃ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bang'asoe",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "방아쇠"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mēlīte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "čkrapalo",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "чкрапало"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "picu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "keu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "gox",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "гох"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "ɣok-a",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠭᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "utløser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "utløyser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "utløysar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "tetik",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "تتك"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mâše",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "ماشه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Aufdrekja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "spust"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cyngiel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gatilho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spuskovój krjučók",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спусково́й крючо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kurók",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "куро́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "gašétka",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гаше́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sobáčka",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "соба́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "spusk",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спуск"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "trígger",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "три́ггер"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "snap"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spúšť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sprožilec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gatillo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "avtryckare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "gatilyo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "kulbitan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "kaltisan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gai",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "ไก"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "gai-bpʉʉn",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "ไกปืน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "skam pa",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "སྐམ་པ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "[4, 5] tetikleme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "tetik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "spuskovýj hačók",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "спускови́й гачо́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sobáčka",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "соба́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hašétka",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гаше́тка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "cýnhelʹ",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "dated",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ци́нгель"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kurók",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "куро́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "57 23 1 0 0 1 1 0 15 1 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
          "word": "cò"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A similar device used to activate any mechanism."
      ],
      "id": "en-trigger-en-noun-kVE9QVqW",
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "activate",
          "activate"
        ],
        [
          "mechanism",
          "mechanism"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "puskovo ustrojstvo",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "пусково устройство"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "spoušť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "udløser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "word": "baskulo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "word": "laukaisija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "word": "laukaisin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "actionneur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Auslöser"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "skandáli",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "σκανδάλη"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "truicear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
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          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
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          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
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          "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
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          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
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        {
          "_dis1": "16 53 1 1 1 8 6 2 11 1 0",
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        {
          "text": "Sleeping in an unfamiliar room can be a trigger for sleepwalking.",
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          ],
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          ],
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        }
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            "Fundamental"
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        "A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing."
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        "(music) A device that manually lengthens (or sometimes shortens) the slide or tubing of a brass instrument, allowing the pitch range to be altered while playing."
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            "Technology",
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            "Fundamental"
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        "A pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component."
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        {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Britain",
        "dialectal",
        "obsolete"
      ],
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    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "5 10 2 1 2 26 31 14 7 2 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: electronic transducer allowing a percussion instrument to control an electronic device",
      "word": "laukaisin"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "self-trigger"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "triggern",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: triggern",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: triggern"
    }
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tricker"
      },
      "expansion": "tricker",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "drawer-pull"
      },
      "expansion": "drawer-pull",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "bell-pull"
      },
      "expansion": "bell-pull",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "trekker",
        "pos": "noun, as in <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">drawer-pull</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">bell-pull</i>",
        "t": "pull"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "trekken",
        "t": "to drag, draw, pull"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "triggers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "triggering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "triggered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "triggered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trigger (third-person singular simple present triggers, present participle triggering, simple past and past participle triggered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Jim Baggott, The First War of Physics, Pegasus Books",
          "text": "A U235 bomb would therefore need to incorporate a gun weighing ten tons. Then there was the question of initiating or triggering the bomb.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fire a weapon."
      ],
      "id": "en-trigger-en-verb-LxOYKSh8",
      "links": [
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fire a weapon."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "activate"
        },
        {
          "word": "detonate"
        },
        {
          "word": "fire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "natiskam spusǎka",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "натискам спусъка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "afvuren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "vuren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "laukaista"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "apertar o gatillo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "disparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "srola",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "სროლა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gasrola",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "გასროლა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pyrodotó",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "πυροδοτώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "elsüt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "premere il grilletto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ssoda",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "쏘다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balpohada",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "발포(發砲)하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "balsahada",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "발사(發射)하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "avfyre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "pociągać za spust"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "apertar o gatilho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "atirar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "apretar el gatillo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "detonar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "gatillar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "disparar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0 0 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to fire a weapon",
          "word": "ateşlemek"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Three die in ScotRail landslip derailment at Carmont”, in Rail, page 6",
          "text": "The accident followed torrential early morning rain that triggered widespread flooding across Scotland's tracks, including south of Carmont.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To initiate something."
      ],
      "id": "en-trigger-en-verb-NRytHOqj",
      "links": [
        [
          "initiate",
          "initiate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To initiate something."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "activate"
        },
        {
          "word": "initiate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "započvam",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "започвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "iniciiram",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "инициирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "desencadenar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "spustit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "initiëren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "activeren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "ontketenen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "ekigi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "päästikustama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "käynnistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "déclencher"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "desencadear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "auslösen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "triggern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pyrodotó",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "πυροδοτώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "kivált"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "kelt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "előidéz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "hrinda af stað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "koma af stað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "innescare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "accendere la miccia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "attivare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "provocare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "scatenare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "ireukida",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "일으키다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "chokbalsikida",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "촉발(觸發)시키다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "yubalhada",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "유발(誘發)하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "powodować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "wywoływać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "desencadear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "spustiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "desencadenar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "provocar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 94 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to initiate something",
          "word": "iniciar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Donald Trump Jr., Triggered, Center Street",
          "text": "People get triggered simply by seeing a Trump.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 25, Ernesto Londoño, Letícia Casado, “Glenn Greenwald in Bolsonaro’s Brazil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "“I think I trigger a lot of their primal rage,” Mr. Greenwald said, referring to Brazilians who support the president. “They view me as someone who deserves to be punished.”\n(transitive, figurative, by extension of above, Internet slang) To intentionally offend someone, especially by expressing radical or edgy opinions.\nI encountered a forum user who didn't agree with me, so I wrote some comments with my political slogans to trigger that clueless kiddo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in an individual."
      ],
      "id": "en-trigger-en-verb-CGyfxllG",
      "links": [
        [
          "spark",
          "spark"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative"
        ],
        [
          "emotional",
          "emotional"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in an individual."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "push someone's buttons"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "être évocateur ; déchaîner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "alterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "felzaklat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "kiborít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "wyzwalać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "powodować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "desencadear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "alterar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 2 97 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
          "word": "desencadenar"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Electronics",
          "orig": "en:Electronics",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Mill Operators' Conference, page 182",
          "text": "Sodium nitrite (750 ppm) was added after the alarm triggered at three hours, and corrosion did not occur for over eight hours.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To activate; to become active."
      ],
      "id": "en-trigger-en-verb-k9LNBu5J",
      "links": [
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "activate",
          "activate"
        ],
        [
          "active",
          "active"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "19 16 1 64",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "trigeriram",
          "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
          "word": "тригерирам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 16 1 64",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
          "word": "triggern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 16 1 64",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
          "word": "aktivál"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 16 1 64",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
          "word": "érvénybe léptet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 16 1 64",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "to make (e.g. an article) publicly available online",
          "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
          "word": "élesít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "19 16 1 64",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
          "word": "attivare"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹɪɡə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹɪɡɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "word": "chemoreceptor trigger zone"
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      "word": "trigger flower"
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      "word": "trigger pricing"
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      "word": "triggerwoman"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈtɹɪɡɚ/",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "sneller"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "zinād",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "زِنَاد"
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "khiliki",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "খিলিকি"
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      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "phoriṅa",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "ফৰিঙা"
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      "code": "as",
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      "roman": "kozok",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "কজক"
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      "roman": "loplopi",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "লপলপী"
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      "code": "ba",
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      "roman": "təte",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "тәте"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "spuskavý kručók",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "word": "спускавы́ кручо́к"
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "cýnhjelʹ",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "word": "цы́нгель"
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      "code": "be",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spúsǎk",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спу́сък"
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      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lakhlup",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "လက်လှုပ်"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gallet"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "扳機"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bānjī",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "word": "stillipinnur"
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "word": "avtrekkjari"
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
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      "word": "détente"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gâchette"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "can"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sasxleṭi",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "სასხლეტი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Abzug"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skandáli",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σκανδάλη"
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    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hédek",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "הֶדֶק"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "ravasz"
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    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "gikkur"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "pelatuk"
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    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "kurokka"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "truicear"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grilletto"
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    {
      "alt": "ひきがね",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hikigane",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "引き金"
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    {
      "alt": "こう, kō, ぐ, gu",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "鉷"
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    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kay",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "កៃ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bang'asoe",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "방아쇠"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mēlīte"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "čkrapalo",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "чкрапало"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "picu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "keu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "gox",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "гох"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "ɣok-a",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠭᠣᠬ᠎ᠠ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "utløser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "utløyser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "utløysar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "tetik",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "تتك"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâše",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "ماشه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aufdrekja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spust"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyngiel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spuskovój krjučók",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спусково́й крючо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kurók",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куро́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gašétka",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гаше́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sobáčka",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "соба́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spusk",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спуск"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trígger",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́ггер"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snap"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spúšť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sprožilec"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "avtryckare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "gatilyo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "kulbitan"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "kaltisan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gai",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "ไก"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gai-bpʉʉn",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "ไกปืน"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "skam pa",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "སྐམ་པ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "[4, 5] tetikleme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "tetik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "spuskovýj hačók",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спускови́й гачо́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sobáčka",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "соба́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hašétka",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гаше́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "cýnhelʹ",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ци́нгель"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kurók",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "куро́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "finger-operated lever used to fire a gun",
      "word": "cò"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "puskovo ustrojstvo",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пусково устройство"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spoušť"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "udløser"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "word": "baskulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "word": "laukaisija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "word": "laukaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "actionneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Auslöser"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "skandáli",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "σκανδάλη"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "truicear"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "levetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "word": "keu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spust"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyzwalacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "word": "gatilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trígger",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́ггер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spusk",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спуск"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "similar device used to activate any mechanism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spúšťač"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "spoušť"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "spouštěč"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "word": "laukaisija"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "word": "alkusysäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "activateur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Auslöser"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kveikja"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "word": "pemicu"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "innesco"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detonatore"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trígger",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́ггер"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detonador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detonante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "event that initiates others, or incites a response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desencadenante"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "event that initiates others",
      "word": "laukaisija"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "event that initiates others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estopim"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trígger",
      "sense": "event that initiates others",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́ггер"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "concept or image that sparks a negative emotional response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trígger",
      "sense": "concept or image that sparks a negative emotional response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́ггер"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action",
      "word": "laukaisija"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trígger",
      "sense": "psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́ггер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ímpulʹs",
      "sense": "psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "и́мпульс"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pobuždénije",
      "sense": "psychology: stimulus that initiates a traumatic memory or action",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "побужде́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: electronic transducer allowing a percussion instrument to control an electronic device",
      "word": "laukaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "music: device that manually lengthens the slide or tubing of a brass instrument",
      "word": "liipaisin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component",
      "word": "heräte"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "impulso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gatilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pulse in an electronic circuit that initiates some component",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desencadenante"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "word": "觸發器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chùfāqì",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "word": "触发器"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "word": "automaattisesti käynnistyvä proseduuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "word": "triggeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "toriga",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "word": "トリガ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "teurigeo",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "word": "트리거"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyzwalacz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trigger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trígger",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́ггер"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "trýher",
      "sense": "SQL procedure",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "три́гер"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command",
      "word": "triggeri"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "online gaming: text string that causes the player to execute a certain command",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trigger"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trigger"
}

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  "categories": [
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Dutch",
    "English terms derived from Dutch",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪɡə(ɹ)",
    "Rhymes:English/ɪɡə(ɹ)/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "self-trigger"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "triggern",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: triggern",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: triggern"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tricker"
      },
      "expansion": "tricker",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "drawer-pull"
      },
      "expansion": "drawer-pull",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "",
        "3": "bell-pull"
      },
      "expansion": "bell-pull",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "trekker",
        "pos": "noun, as in <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">drawer-pull</i>, <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">bell-pull</i>",
        "t": "pull"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "trekken",
        "t": "to drag, draw, pull"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Originally tricker, from Dutch trekker (“pull”, noun, as in drawer-pull, bell-pull), from Dutch trekken (“to drag, draw, pull”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "triggers",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "triggering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "triggered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "triggered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "trigger (third-person singular simple present triggers, present participle triggering, simple past and past participle triggered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Jim Baggott, The First War of Physics, Pegasus Books",
          "text": "A U235 bomb would therefore need to incorporate a gun weighing ten tons. Then there was the question of initiating or triggering the bomb.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fire a weapon."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To fire a weapon."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "activate"
        },
        {
          "word": "detonate"
        },
        {
          "word": "fire"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The controversial article triggered a deluge of angry letters from readers.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 August 26, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Three die in ScotRail landslip derailment at Carmont”, in Rail, page 6",
          "text": "The accident followed torrential early morning rain that triggered widespread flooding across Scotland's tracks, including south of Carmont.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To initiate something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "initiate",
          "initiate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To initiate something."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "activate"
        },
        {
          "word": "initiate"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English internet slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This story contains a rape scene and may be triggering for rape victims.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Donald Trump Jr., Triggered, Center Street",
          "text": "People get triggered simply by seeing a Trump.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 25, Ernesto Londoño, Letícia Casado, “Glenn Greenwald in Bolsonaro’s Brazil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
          "text": "“I think I trigger a lot of their primal rage,” Mr. Greenwald said, referring to Brazilians who support the president. “They view me as someone who deserves to be punished.”\n(transitive, figurative, by extension of above, Internet slang) To intentionally offend someone, especially by expressing radical or edgy opinions.\nI encountered a forum user who didn't agree with me, so I wrote some comments with my political slogans to trigger that clueless kiddo.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in an individual."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spark",
          "spark"
        ],
        [
          "response",
          "response"
        ],
        [
          "negative",
          "negative"
        ],
        [
          "emotional",
          "emotional"
        ],
        [
          "individual",
          "individual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, figurative) To spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in an individual."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "push someone's buttons"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Electronics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Mill Operators' Conference, page 182",
          "text": "Sodium nitrite (750 ppm) was added after the alarm triggered at three hours, and corrosion did not occur for over eight hours.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To activate; to become active."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "activate",
          "activate"
        ],
        [
          "active",
          "active"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, especially electronics) To activate; to become active."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "intransitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹɪɡə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɹɪɡɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡə(ɹ)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "natiskam spusǎka",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "натискам спусъка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "afvuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "vuren"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "laukaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "apertar o gatillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "disparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "srola",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "სროლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gasrola",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "გასროლა"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pyrodotó",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "πυροδοτώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "elsüt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "premere il grilletto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ssoda",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "쏘다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balpohada",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "발포(發砲)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "balsahada",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "발사(發射)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "avfyre"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "pociągać za spust"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "apertar o gatilho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "atirar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "apretar el gatillo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "detonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "gatillar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "disparar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to fire a weapon",
      "word": "ateşlemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "započvam",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "започвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "iniciiram",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "инициирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "desencadenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "spustit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "initiëren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "activeren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "ontketenen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "ekigi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "päästikustama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "käynnistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "déclencher"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "desencadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "auslösen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "triggern"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pyrodotó",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "πυροδοτώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "kivált"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "kelt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "előidéz"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "hrinda af stað"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "koma af stað"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "innescare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "accendere la miccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "attivare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "provocare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "scatenare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ireukida",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "일으키다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "chokbalsikida",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "촉발(觸發)시키다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "yubalhada",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "유발(誘發)하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "powodować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "wywoływać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "desencadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "spustiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "desencadenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "provocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to initiate something",
      "word": "iniciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "être évocateur ; déchaîner"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "alterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "felzaklat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "kiborít"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "wyzwalać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "powodować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "desencadear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "alterar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to spark a response, especially a negative emotional response, in (someone)",
      "word": "desencadenar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "trigeriram",
      "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
      "word": "тригерирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
      "word": "triggern"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
      "word": "aktivál"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
      "word": "érvénybe léptet"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "to make (e.g. an article) publicly available online",
      "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
      "word": "élesít"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(intransitive, especially electronics) to activate; to become active",
      "word": "attivare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "trigger"
}

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