button

/ˈbʌtn̩/

noun

  1. 1

    One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).

noun

  1. 1

    A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

    April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
  2. 2

    A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

    Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.
  3. 3

    An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

    Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
  4. 4

    A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

    The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.
  5. 5

    A bud.

  6. 6

    The head of an unexpanded mushroom.

  7. 7

    The clitoris.

  8. 8

    The center (bullseye) of the house.

  9. 9

    The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.

  10. 10

    A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.

  11. 11

    The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.

  12. 12

    A person who acts as a decoy.

  13. 13

    A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.

  14. 14

    A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).

  15. 15

    A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.

  16. 16

    A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

  17. 17

    A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

  18. 18

    A small white blotch on a cat's coat.

  19. 19

    A unit of length equal to 1/12 inch.

  20. 20

    The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.

  21. 21

    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.

  22. 22

    The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.

  23. 23

    The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).

  24. 24

    A button man; a professional assassin.

  25. 25

    The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.

noun

  1. 1

    In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.

Synonyms

verb

  1. 1

    To fasten with a button.

  2. 2

    To be fastened by a button or buttons.

    The coat will not button.
  3. 3

    To stop talking.

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