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button
/ˈbʌtən/
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What does button mean?
noun
- A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
- A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
More meanings (36)
noun
- A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- A bud.
- The calyx of an orange.
- The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
- (slang) The clitoris.
- The center (bullseye) of the house.
- The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
- The end of a runway.
- (slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
- A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
- A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
- The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
- The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
- In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
- Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
- Synonym of adjuster.
- The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
- The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
- The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
- (archaic) A person who acts as a decoy.
- (archaic) A unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₂ inch.
- (dated) A clove (of garlic).
verb
- To fasten with a button.
- To be fastened by a button or buttons.
- (informal) To stop talking.
proper noun
- A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buttons.
- A township in Ford County, Illinois, United States.
- Alternative form of Buton (“Indonesian island”).
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IPA pronunciation
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Wunsch rose from the stool and began to button his wadded jacket, preparing to return to his half-heated room in the loft.
‘I have forgotten,’ said Dora, still turning the button round and round, ‘what relation Agnes is to you, you dear bad boy.’
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It was now seen that the particles of carbon dust in contact which formed the button were a congeries of minute micro-phones.
Unfortunately, within the last few years the "button" and "semi-tulip" ear have been rather prevalent amongst the specimens on the show bench.
Mr. Vincy rose, began to button his great-coat, and looked steadily at his brother-in-law, meaning to imply a demand for a decisive answer.