n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: trig · gered ; trig · ger · ing \ ' tri-g( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 1916
transitive verb
1 a : to release or activate by means of a trigger especially : to fire by pulling a mechanical trigger < trigger a rifle> b : to cause the explosion of < trigger a missile with a proximity fuse>
2 : to initiate, actuate, or set off by a trigger <an indiscreet remark that trigger ed a fight> <a stimulus that trigger ed a reflex>
intransitive verb : to release a mechanical trigger