Definitions for Button

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Button but·ton

Spelling: [buht-n]

IPA: /ˈbʌt n/

Button is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 54 anagrams from letters in Button (bnottu).

Definitions for Button

noun

1. a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
2. anything resembling a button, especially in being small and round, as any of various candies, ornaments, tags, identification badges, reflectors, markers, etc.
3. a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, identifying figure, etc., for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.:
4. any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring, or otherwise operate or open a machine, small door, toy, etc.
5. Botany. a bud or other protuberant part of a plant.
6. Mycology. a young or undeveloped mushroom. any protuberant part of a fungus.
7. Zoology. any of various small parts or structures resembling a button, as the rattle at the tip of the tail in a very young rattlesnake.
8. Boxing Informal. the point of the chin.
9. Also called turn button. a fastener for a door, window, etc., having two arms and rotating on a pivot that is attached to the frame.
10. Metallurgy. (in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion.
11. Fencing. the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a foil.
12. Horology. crown (def 19).
13. Computers. (in a graphical user interface) a small, button-shaped or clearly defined area that the user can click on or touch to choose an option.
14. Richard Totten [tot-n] /ˈtɒt n/ (Show IPA), ("Dick") born 1929, U.S. figure skater.

Idioms

1. button up, Informal. Also, button one's lip. to become or keep silent. to fasten securely; close up: to fasten fully or put on, especially an outer garment: to complete successfully; finish:
2. have all one's buttons, Informal. to be mentally competent, alert, and sane; have all one's wits:
3. on the button, Informal. exactly as desired, expected, specified, etc.:

verb (used with object)

1. to fasten with a button or buttons:
2. to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop:
3. to provide (something) with a button or buttons.

verb (used without object)

1. to be capable of being buttoned:

Origin of Button

1275-1325; Middle English boto(u)n Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton, equivalent to boter to butt³ + -on noun suffix

Examples for Button

They push the “war on women” button, and a couple of others, like Social Security, which I discussed yesterday.

To indicate the effect, he included a galvanometer in the circuit of the battery and the button.

At night when the room grows dark we push a button and there is light.

He pressed the button on his desk, and, as the doorman appeared, addressed that functionary.

Instead of pushing the cup against a mechanical lever, users push a “button” on a touchscreen.

There is a disconnect, which allows for some distance between his actions and your button presses.

Among them were some horrifying images of severe damage to nasal tissue caused by a child lodging a button battery in her nose.

His expression grew morose, as again he pressed the button on his desk.

He will prolong your life and loosen every button on your waistcoat.

You throw the last piece into the elevator itself and hit the button marked LOBBY.