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trigger finger

trigger finger noun: a finger used in pulling the trigger of a firearm.

Noun

trigger finger (plural trigger fingers)

  1. a finger used in pulling the trigger of a firearm
  2. the forefinger
  3. difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the sheath that surrounds that finger's tendon

trigger finger meaning in Tamil and Vietnamese

trigger finger in Tamil

சுக்கான் விரல்

trigger finger in Vietnamese

finger used to pull the trigger
ngón tay bóp cò
difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension
ngón tay bật, ngón tay cò súng

Forms of trigger finger

pluraltrigger fingers

Origin of trigger finger

From trigger + finger.

Words formed from trigger finger

Questions about trigger finger

What does trigger finger mean?
Trigger finger means a finger used in pulling the trigger of a firearm.
What is trigger finger in Tamil?
Trigger finger in Tamil is சுக்கான் விரல். See Trigger finger meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trigger finger?
Trigger finger is a noun.
What is the plural of trigger finger?
The plural of trigger finger is trigger fingers.

Words near trigger finger in the dictionary

  1. Trigg
  2. Trigg County
  3. trigga
  4. trigged
  5. trigger
  6. trigger finger
  7. trigger fingers
  8. trigger flower
  9. trigger flowers
  10. trigger guard
  11. trigger guards

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: trigger finger (page history and authors); trigger finger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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