English Explanatory Dictionary

button

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
  2. A mechanical device designed to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
  3. An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
  4. A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
  5. A bud.
  6. The calyx of an orange.
  7. The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
  8. The clitoris.
  9. The center (bullseye) of the house.
  10. The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
  11. A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
  12. The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
verb
  1. To fasten with a button.
  2. To be fastened by a button or buttons.
  3. To stop talking.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for a maker or seller of buttons.
  2. A township in Ford County, Illinois, United States.
name
  1. Alternative form of Buton (“Indonesian island”).

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌt.ən/ [ˈbʌtʰ.ən] ~ [ˈbʌtʰ.n̩] [ˈbʌt̚.n̩] En-us-button.ogg /ˈbʌʔ.ən/ [ˈbʌʔ.ən] ~ [ˈbʌʔ.n̩] /ˈbɐt.ən/ [ˈbɐtʰ.ən] /ˈbɐt.on/ /ˈbə.tən/ /bəˈʈən/

Word forms

button buttons btn buttoning buttoned

Etymology

From Middle English boton, botoun, from Old French boton (Modern French bouton), from Old French bouter, boter (“to push; thrust”), ultimately from a Germanic language. Doublet of bouton, Biden, and beat. More at butt.

Synonyms

endbutton part of a violin-family instrument adjuster blow

Related words

switch toggle trigger

Derived words

bachelor's button bachelors button Barbara's buttons bebuttoned beg button beggar's buttons bell button belly-button belly button bellybutton belly button ring big red button billy buttons blow my buttons blue button boss button boy in buttons brass button bright as a button bright as a new button button accordion buttonball button bar button-basher button basher buttonbush button cactus button cell button day button ear buttonfront button grass button hole button-hole buttonhole buttonhook buttonize buttonless button lift buttonlike button lock buttonmaker buttonmaking button man button mangrove button mash button masher button-masher button-mashing button mashing buttonmould button mushroom button nose buttonologist buttonology button-on button plant button punch button pusher button-pusher

Translations

Spanish: abotonarse Spanish: abrocharse
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