Examples

1 sentences

  1. I've got an itchy trigger finger.

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Meaning

3 senses

  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

Origin

From trigger + finger.

From trigger + finger.

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Forms

plural: trigger fingers
Singulartrigger finger
Pluraltrigger fingers

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trifleC2triggerB1trigonometrictrigonometrytrilingual

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