Knob
Trigger
Trigger noun - Lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun.
Both words in one sentence
- He then chickens out of jumping from the window, and tries setting up a gun by tying the trigger to a door knob.
Source: Film / Never Weaken -
Raising Heart from Lyrical Nanoha has a "Cannon Mode", in which its half-crescent knob turns 90 degrees and extends, forming this type of weapon, while a gun grip and trigger forms on the other side.
Source: Wave-Motion Tuning Fork
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