Definitions for push-button

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push-button push-but·ton

Spelling: [poo sh-buht-n]

IPA: /ˈpʊʃˌbʌt n/

Push-Button is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 297 anagrams from letters in push-button (-bhnopsttuu).

Definitions for push-button

noun

1. a device designed to close or open an electric circuit when a button or knob is depressed, and to return to a normal position when it is released.
2. the button or knob depressed.

adjective

1. operated by or as if by push buttons:
2. using complex, automated weapons, as long-range missiles, that require only simple initial steps to put them into action:

Origin of push-button

An Americanism dating back to 1875-80

Examples for push-button

A second dim light was burning here, just enabling him to see the push-button.

"Just you wait until I call the porter," said Roger, and touched the push-button.

Mr. Garwell touched a push-button on his desk, and a clerk appeared.

He sighed resignedly and pressed the push-button on his desk.

Give the location of the electric bell, the electric generator and the push-button.

These may be referred to as the plug type and the push-button type, respectively.

On the front door of the jail was a push-button that connected by a wire with a gong within the building.

Hypersonic drones, like the drones before them, are the latest innovation in push-button warfare.

Fig. 54 shows a combination of push-button, speaking-tube, and letter-box used in city apartment houses.

"I see you have," Cappy cut in blandly, and pressed the push-button on his desk.