Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

having one's finger on the trigger

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables
hav-ing one's fin-ger on the trig-ger
IPA
44
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of have one's finger on the trigger

Questions

What does having one's finger on the trigger mean?
present participle and gerund of have one's finger on the trigger

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