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1. n. 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. n. 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. n. (graphical user interface) 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. n. (US) 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. n. (botany) A bud. | |
6. n. (slang) The clitoris. | |
7. n. (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house. | |
8. n. (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil. | |
9. n. (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button. | |
10. n. (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button. | |
11. n. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe. | |
12. n. (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug). | |
13. n. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door. | |
14. n. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. | |
15. n. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass. | |
16. n. A small white blotch on a cat's coat. | |
17. n. (archaic) A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch. | |
18. n. The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence. | |
19. n. (lutherie) In a violin-family instrument, the near semi-circular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck. | |
20. n. (lutherie) (synonym of endbutton). | |
21. n. (lutherie, bowmaking) (synonym of adjuster). | |
22. n. The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot. | |
23. n. (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene). | |
Your sketch was hilarious but the button didn't even make me laugh, which is a problem; the button should be the strongest line in your scene. | |
24. v. To fasten with a button. | |
25. v. (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons. | |
The coat will not button. | |