pretriggered
retriggering
triggerlike
pretrigger
triggered
cock
ignite
untriggered
fire
running
noninitiating
hurry
triggerish
up and at 'em
hair-trigger
hang fire
triggering
reflexive
trigger
lead off
dash
commence
begin
start
on the prod
alarm
phototrigger
startle
set off
hair trigger
two for flinching
itchy trigger finger
content warning
retrigger
spurting
instigation
fomentation
pounce
spark
off and running
slingshoot
ballestra
work
charge
rush
bear down
bump stock
get the ball rolling
awhirl
automatic weapon
chum in the water
automatic gun
break out
erupt
pull start
cause
shy
make
triggery
proact
automatic firearm
inceptive
aversive
jump
trip
strike
defensive
triggerable
toss
provocate
open up
bounce
make the first move
offensively
dart
bring up short
postreactivation
flame up
reexecute
surprise
postinitiation
explosion
tempo
intermezzo
prebisected
counter-offensive
counterfire
blitz
procrastination
lashing
lever action
zwischenzug
coup de force
pretriggered
triggerlike
pretrigger
triggered
untriggered
running
noninitiating
triggerish
triggering
reflexive
off and running
awhirl
triggery
inceptive
defensive
triggerable
postreactivation
postinitiation
prebisected
lashing
offensively
retriggering
hurry
hair-trigger
dash
alarm
phototrigger
hair trigger
itchy trigger finger
content warning
spurting
instigation
fomentation
pounce
ballestra
bump stock
automatic weapon
chum in the water
automatic gun
pull start
automatic firearm
aversive
hang fire
dart
explosion
tempo
intermezzo
counter-offensive
counterfire
procrastination
lever action
zwischenzug
coup de force
cock
ignite
fire
hang fire
trigger
lead off
commence
begin
start
startle
set off
retrigger
spark
slingshoot
work
charge
rush
bear down
get the ball rolling
break out
erupt
cause
shy
make
proact
pounce
jump
trip
strike
toss
provocate
open up
bounce
make the first move
bring up short
flame up
reexecute
surprise
blitz
adj
verb
- To initiate an event (by means of an event handler).
- To shoot a gun, cannon, or similar weapon.
- To forcibly direct (something).
- To shoot (a gun, rocket/missile, or analogous device).
- To drive away by setting a fire.
- To animate; to give life or spirit to.
- To shoot; to attempt to score a goal.
- To set (something, often a building) on fire.
- To set off an explosive in a mine.
- To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
- To feed or serve the fire of.
- To operate a rocket engine to produce thrust.
- To terminate the employment contract of (an employee), especially for cause (such as misconduct or poor performance).
- To terminate a contract with a client; to drop a client.
- To inflame; to irritate, as the passions.
- To heat as with fire, but without setting on fire, as ceramic, metal objects, etc.
- To cause an action potential in a cell.
- To cauterize.
adj
noun
- A heater or stove used in place of a real fire (such as an electric fire).
- The bullets or other projectiles fired from a gun or other ranged weapon.
- Splendour; brilliancy; lustre; hence, a star.
- The elements necessary to start a fire.
- Strength of passion, whether love or hate.
- Red coloration in a piece of opal.
- The occurrence, often accidental, of fire in a certain place, causing damage and danger.
- A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and the presence of flame or smouldering.
- Liveliness of imagination or fancy; intellectual and moral enthusiasm.
- An instance of this chemical reaction, especially when intentionally created and maintained in a specific location to a useful end (such as a campfire or a hearth fire).
- A planned bombardment by artillery or similar weapons, or the capability to deliver such.
- A severe trial; anything inflaming or provoking.
- An instance of firing one or more rocket engines.
- The aforementioned chemical reaction of burning, considered one of the Classical elements or basic elements of alchemy.
adj
- executed or initiated by running
- (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream
- of advancing the ball by running
adj
- continually repeated over a period of time
- measured lengthwise
- (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing
noun
- (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team
- the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace
- the state of being in operation
- the act of administering or being in charge of something
- the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track
adj
noun
- Rushed action.
- Urgency.
- an incidence of a defensive player forcing the quarterback to act faster than the quarterback was prepared to, resulting in a failed offensive play.
- A tremolando passage for violins, etc., accompanying an exciting situation.
verb
- Often with up, to speed up the rate of doing something.
- To cause to be done quickly.
- To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.
- To do things quickly.
- To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.
- To put: to convey coal in the mine, e.g. from the working to the tramway.
adj
- Producing immediate response, spontaneous.
- Of or resulting from a reflex.
- Referring back to the subject, or having an object equal to the subject.
- Of a relation R on a set S, such that xRx for all members x of S (that is, the relation holds between any element of the set and itself).
- Synonym of reflective
noun
noun
- A rushing or violent onset.
- Violent strike; a whack.
- The dashboard of a Tumblr user.
- A small quantity of a liquid substance etc.; less than 1/8 of a teaspoon.
- Any of the following symbols: ‒ (figure dash), – (en dash), — (em dash), or ― (horizontal bar).
- A short run, flight.
- Ostentatious vigor.
- The longer of the two symbols of Morse code.
- A slight admixture.
- A bribe or gratuity; a gift.
- A dashboard.
- A hyphen or minus sign.
intj
verb
verb
- set in motion, cause to start
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- begin to speak or say
- be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series
- have a beginning, of a temporal event
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative
- begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language
verb
- set in motion, cause to start
- take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
- depart for someplace
- have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense
- bring into being
- get off the ground
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- get going or set in motion
- begin or set in motion
- begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job
- play in the starting lineup
- have a beginning characterized in some specified way
- begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object
- bulge outward
noun
- the beginning of anything
- the time at which something is supposed to begin
- a turn to be a starter (in a game at the beginning)
- a sudden involuntary movement
- the act of starting something
- a line indicating the location of the start of a race or a game
- a signal to begin (as in a race)
- the advantage gained by beginning early (as in a race)
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noun
- A sudden attack; disturbance.
- An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
verb
noun
- A sudden leaping attack.
- Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
- A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
- A punch or stamp.
- Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
verb
verb
- To trigger, kindle into activity (an argument, etc).
- To shoot; to fire
- To give off a spark or sparks.
- To light; to kindle.
noun
- A small, shining body, or transient light; a sparkle.
- Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Indomalayan genus Sinthusa.
- An electrician.
- A small amount of something, such as an idea or romantic affection, that has the potential to become something greater, just as a spark can start a fire.
- A small particle of glowing matter, either molten or on fire.
- A ship's radio operator.
- A short or small burst of electrical discharge.
- A gallant; a foppish young man.
- A beau, lover.
verb
- move in an agitated manner
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- be employed
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- perform as expected when applied
- shape, form, or improve a material
- give a workout to
- proceed along a path
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- cause to work
- prepare for crops
- behave in a certain way when handled
- have and exert influence or effect
- operate in or through
- cause to operate or function
- provoke or excite
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- make something, usually for a specific function
- move into or onto
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- cause to undergo fermentation
- go sour or spoil
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
noun
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- the occupation for which you are paid
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- a place where work is done
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
verb
- to make a rush at or sudden attack upon, as in battle
- blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
- demand payment
- move quickly and violently
- assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to
- file a formal charge against
- make an accusatory claim
- fill or load to capacity
- enter a certain amount as a charge
- cause to be admitted; of persons to an institution
- give over to another for care or safekeeping
- pay with a credit card; pay with plastic money; postpone payment by recording a purchase as a debt
- lie down on command, of hunting dogs
- cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- place a heraldic bearing on
- provide (a device) with something necessary
- direct into a position for use
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
- instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence
- instruct or command with authority
- attribute responsibility to
- set or ask for a certain price
- cause formation of a net electrical charge in or on
- energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge
- saturate
noun
- an impetuous rush toward someone or something
- (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense
- the price charged for some article or service
- the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons
- attention and management implying responsibility for safety
- a special assignment that is given to a person or group
- a person committed to your care
- financial liabilities (such as a tax)
- (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- request for payment of a debt
- a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something
- an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence
- heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield
- a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
verb
- attack suddenly
- move hurridly
- urge to an unnatural speed
- act at high speed
- run with the ball, in football
- cause to move fast or to rush or race
- cause to occur rapidly
adj
noun
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
- a sudden forceful flow
- grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
- the swift release of a store of affective force
- a sudden burst of activity
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
adj
noun
verb
noun
- Sufficient reason for a state, as of emotion.
- A goal, aim or principle, especially one which transcends purely selfish ends.
- A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.
- The source of, or reason for, an event or action; that which produces or effects a result.
verb
- appear to begin an activity
- engage in
- give certain properties to something
- make or cause to be or to become
- cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner
- give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
- create or manufacture a man-made product
- make, formulate, or derive in the mind
- compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
- create by artistic means
- earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
- create or design, often in a certain way
- to compose or represent
- reach a goal
- be or be capable of being changed or made into
- make by shaping or bringing together constituents
- perform, produce, or carry out
- make by combining materials and parts
- change from one form into another
- act in a certain way so as to acquire
- charge with a function; charge to be
- achieve a point or goal
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- institute, enact, or establish
- carry out or commit
- form by assembling individuals or constituents
- organize or be responsible for
- put in order or neaten
- head into a specified direction
- have a bowel movement
- undergo fabrication or creation
- be suitable for
- add up to
- amount to
- constitute the essence of
- proceed along a path
- reach in time
- gather and light the materials for
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- induce to have sex
- assure the success of
- represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
- consider as being
- calculate as being
- cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable
- favor the development of
- develop into
- behave in a certain manner
- eliminate urine
noun
verb
- make a sudden physical attack on
- move forward by leaps and bounds
- move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm
- increase suddenly and significantly
- be highly noticeable
- enter eagerly into
- rise in rank or status
- jump down from an elevated point
- run off or leave the rails
- jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
- cause to jump or leap
- start (a car engine whose battery is dead) by connecting it to another car's battery
- bypass
- pass abruptly from one state or topic to another
- go back and forth; swing back and forth between two states or conditions
noun
verb
- To be activated, as by a signal or an event
- To activate or set in motion, as in the activation of a trap, explosive, or switch.
- To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
- To fall over or stumble over an object as a result of striking it with one's foot
- To cause (a person or animal) to fall or stumble by knocking their feet from under them.
- To become unreasonably upset, especially over something unimportant; to cause a scene or a disruption.
- To pull (a yard) into a perpendicular position for lowering it.
- To be guilty of a misstep or mistake; to commit an offence against morality, propriety, etc
- To experience a state of reverie or to hallucinate, due to consuming psychoactive drugs.
- To journey, to make a trip.
adj
noun
- A quick, light step; a lively movement of the feet; a skip.
- A journey; an excursion or jaunt.
- A stumble or misstep.
- A trip-switch or cut-out.
- Intense involvement in or enjoyment of a condition.
- A flock of wigeons.
- A period of time in which one experiences drug-induced reverie or hallucinations.
- The act of tripping someone, or causing them to lose their footing.
- A single board, or tack, in plying, or beating, to windward.
- A mechanical cutout device.
- A faux pas, a social error.
verb
- To act suddenly, especially in a violent or criminal way.
- To hit.
- To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast.
- To create an impression.
- To cut off (a mortar joint, etc.) even with the face of the wall, or inward at a slight angle.
- To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
- To sound by percussion, with blows, or as if with blows.
- To haul down or lower (a flag, mast, etc.)
- To make a sudden impression upon, as if by a blow; to affect with some strong emotion.
- To balance (a ledger or account).
- To dismantle and take away (a theater set; a tent; etc.).
- To hit upon, or light upon, suddenly.
- To cause or produce by a stroke, or suddenly, as by a stroke.
- To become attached to something; said of the spat of oysters.
- To stroke or pass lightly; to wave.
- To impress, seem or appear (to).
- To capitulate; to signal a surrender by hauling down the colours.
- To level (a measure of grain, salt, etc.) with a straight instrument, scraping off what is above the level of the top.
- To impinge upon.
- To discover a source of something, often a buried raw material such as ore (especially gold) or crude oil.
- To pass with a quick or strong effect; to dart; to penetrate.
- To touch; to act by appulse.
- To manufacture, as by stamping.
- To make and ratify.
- To deliver a quick blow or thrust; to give blows.
- To cause to sound by one or more beats; to indicate or notify by audible strokes. Of a clock, to announce (an hour of the day), usually by one or more sounds.
- To cause to ignite by friction.
- To delete or cross out; to scratch or eliminate.
- To set off on a walk or trip.
- To score a goal.
- To thrust in; to cause to enter or penetrate.
- To punish; to afflict; to smite.
- To carry out a violent or illegal action.
- To unfasten, to loosen (chains, bonds, etc.).
- To stop working as a protest to achieve better working conditions.
noun
- A nibble on the bait by a fish.
- In an option contract, the price at which the holder buys or sells if they choose to exercise the option.
- The strike plate of a door.
- A cancellation postmark.
- An iron pale or standard in a gate or fence.
- The primary face of a hammer, opposite the peen.
- An instrument with a straight edge for levelling a measure of grain, salt, etc., scraping off what is above the level of the top; a strickle.
- A status resulting from a batter swinging and missing a pitch, or not swinging at a pitch when the ball goes in the strike zone, or hitting a foul ball that is not caught.
- The status of being the batsman that the bowler is bowling at.
- The act of knocking down all ten pins in on the first roll of a frame.
- An old English measure of corn equal to the bushel.
- A blow or application of physical force against something.
- A work stoppage (or otherwise concerted stoppage of an activity) as a form of protest.
- The compass direction of the line of intersection between a rock layer and the surface of the Earth.
- The discovery of a source of something.
- A puddler's stirrer.
adj
- Intended to deter attack.
- Intended for defence; protective.
- In a state or posture of defense.
- Of a bowling or fielding tactic designed to prevent the other side from scoring runs; of a batting tactic designed to prevent being out.
- Performed so as to minimise risk.
- Displaying an inordinate sensitivity to criticism or intrusion; oversensitive; thin-skinned.
- Pertaining to defense, as opposed to attack.
noun
verb
verb
- To attack unexpectedly.
- (sometimes employing the preposition with) To have sexual intercourse.
- To mix (two or more tracks of a multi-track audio tape recording) and record the result onto a single track, in order to free up tracks for further material to be added.
- To leave.
- To cause to move quickly up and down, or back and forth, once or repeatedly.
- To fail to cover (have sufficient funds for) (a draft presented against one's account).
- To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound.
- To land hard at unsurvivable velocity with fatal results.
- To change the direction of motion after hitting an obstacle.
- To move rapidly (between).
- To land hard and lift off again due to excess momentum.
- To be refused by a bank because it is drawn on insufficient funds.
- To move quickly up and then down, or vice versa, once or repeatedly.
- To suggest or introduce (an idea, etc.) to (off or by) somebody, in order to gain feedback.
- To return undelivered.
- To turn power off and back on; to reset.
noun
- A genre of hip-hop music of New Orleans, characterized by often lewd call-and-response chants.
- Drugs.
- Scyliorhinus canicula, a European dogfish.
- An email that returns to the sender because of a delivery failure.
- The sack, dismissal.
- Swagger.
- A change of direction of motion after hitting the ground or an obstacle.
- A bang, boom.
- A talent for leaping.
- A good beat in music.
- A movement up and then down (or vice versa), once or repeatedly.
noun
- A sudden or fast movement.
- A fish, the dace.
- Any of various species of hesperiid butterfly.
- A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
- Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
- A cigarette.
- Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.
- A small object with a pointed tip at one end and feathers at the other, which is thrown at a target in the game of darts.
- A fold that is stitched on a garment.
- A dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.
verb
- To throw with a sudden effort or thrust; to hurl or launch.
- To shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.
- To fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.
- To send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.
- To start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.
noun
- The timing advantage of being on lead, thus being first to initiate a strategy to develop tricks for one's side.
- A small truck or cargo van with three or four wheels, commonly used for commercial transport and deliveries (particularly in Asian and African countries): a genericized trademark, originally associated with the manufacturer Vidal & Sohn Tempo-Werke GmbH.
- The steady pace set by the frontmost riders.
- A frequency or rate.
- The timing of a particular event – earlier or later than in an alternative situation (as in chess example)
- A rapid rate of play by the offense resulting from reducing the amount of time which elapses after one play ends and the next starts.
- The number of beats per minute in a piece of music; also, an indicative term denoting approximate rate of speed in written music (examples: allegro, andante)
- A move which is part of one's own plan or strategy and forces, e.g. by means of a check or attacking a piece, the opponent to make a move which is not bad but of no use for him (the player gains a tempo, the opponent loses a tempo), or equivalently a player achieves the same result in fewer moves by one approach rather than another.
- A temporary carport.
noun
- A tactical move which interrupts the execution of the current plan.
- A palate cleanser; a small snack with a bright light neutral taste; a fruit; a fresh sparkling wine; or a fruity or milky cocktail; that is served between courses in a meal.
- A short piece of music or act in the interval of the main spectacle; a theatrical interlude.
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