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Buttoning

To fasten with a button.

📖 Definitions of "Buttoning"

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.

noun
  1. 1

    A fastening with buttons.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Buttoning"

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WordDefinition
push buttonnounAlternative form of push-button. [An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.]
pushverb(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
clitverb(slang, vulgar, transitive, intransitive, often with "off") To stimulate the clitoris.
clitorisnoun(anatomy) A sensitive elongated erectile sex organ at the anterior part of the vulva in female humans and other mammals.
button-upnounA shirt fastened by a vertical column of buttons at the front.
collar buttonnounA button for fastening a collar.
buttonholenounA hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
shirt-buttonnounA button for a shirt, usually a man's.
bucklingnounThe action of giving in (slightly) to pressure or stress by developing a bulge, bending or kinking (with the eventual risk of collapsing).
bachelors buttonnoun(usually in the plural) Any one of a number of plants with daisylike, button shaped flowers.
button holenounAlternative form of buttonhole. [A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.]
cinchingverbA fastening.
button-downnounA shirt with a button-down collar
button-holenounAlternative form of buttonhole. [A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.]
collarbuttonnounAlternative form of collar button. [A button for fastening a collar.]
bachelor's buttonnoun(usually in the plural) Any one of a number of plants with daisy-like, button-shaped flowers of the genus Centaurea, especially the species Centaurea cyanus.
collar-buttonnounAlternative form of collar button. [A button for fastening a collar.]
bell buttonnounA small, round mechanical device which, when pressed, rings a bell to announce one's presence or call a servant, assistant, etc.
stay-buttonnounA button on a corset.
sleeve-buttonnoun(dated) A button or stud used to hold a sleeve cuff together.

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