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Buttons

/ˈbʌtn̩z/

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

📖 Definitions of "Buttons"

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."

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

    The dung of sheep.

  2. 2

    A remote control.

  3. 3

    A boy servant, or page.

  4. 4

    A policeman.

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