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trigger

/tˈɹɪɡə/TRIH-gur
/tˈɹɪɡɚ/TRIH-gur

Meaningthat which pulls

Common meaning: the catch that fires a gun

Journey through time

  1. Dutchtrekker‘a puller’source
  2. Early English spellingtrickersource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa puller → the catch that fires a guntrigger‘the catch that fires a gun’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Dutch trekker ‘that which pulls’.

Roots

  • trekker Dutch “that which pulls”

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