Definition of Trigger

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Trigger

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

A piece, as a lever, which is connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it; especially (Firearms), the part of a lock which is moved by the finger to release the cock and discharge the piece.

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Trigger Quotations

It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I say a murder is abstract. You pull the trigger and after that you do not understand anything that happens.
Jean-Paul Sartre

Next in importance to having a good aim is to recognize when to pull the trigger.
David Letterman

The amygdala in the emotional center sees and hears everything that occurs to us instantaneously and is the trigger point for the fight or flight response.
Daniel Goleman

Today they're making pictures that I wouldn't want Trigger to see.
Roy Rogers

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
Mario Puzo

But you come to a point in your life when you can't pull the trigger anymore.
Evel Knievel

You never pull the trigger until you know you can win.
Roger Ailes

Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.
Don Marquis

When it gets to this point, it's just hard to pull the trigger.
Steve Yzerman

Trigger Translations

trigger in Dutch is haan van een vuurwapen
trigger in Portuguese is disparador
trigger in Spanish is gatillo, deduccion, disparador

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