| Engelsk > Engelsk |
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| button |
| 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. |
| Svenska > Engelsk |
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| knapp |
| 1. adj. scarce, not much of something |
| tiden är knapp |
| there's not much time |
| växa upp under knappa omständigheter |
| to grow up under conditions where nothing is abundant |
| 2. adj. somewhat less than |
| en knapp kilometer |
| somewhat less than one kilometre |
| 3. n-c. button |
| 4. n-c. knob, lever, switch (e.g. the button for an electrical on/off switch) |
| 5. n-c. (botany) anther |
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