button
noun
- 1
One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
noun
- 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
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
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
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.”
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A bud.
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The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
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The clitoris.
- 8
The center (bullseye) of the house.
- 9
The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- 10
A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
- 11
The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- 12
A person who acts as a decoy.
- 13
A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
- 14
A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
- 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
A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
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A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
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A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
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A unit of length equal to 1/12 inch.
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The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
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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
The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
- 23
The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
- 24
A button man; a professional assassin.
- 25
The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
noun
- 1
In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.
verb
- 1
To fasten with a button.
- 2
To be fastened by a button or buttons.
“The coat will not button.”
- 3
To stop talking.
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