ALL meanings of button
but·ton
B b - countable noun button Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes. 3
- verb button If you button a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing, you fasten it by pushing its buttons through the buttonholes. 3
- verb button Button up means the same as button. 3
- countable noun button A button is a small object on a machine or electrical device that you press in order to operate it. 3
- countable noun button A button is a small piece of metal or plastic which you wear in order to show that you support a particular movement, organization, or person. You fasten a button to your clothes with a pin. 3
- noun button a disc or knob of plastic, wood, etc, attached to a garment, etc, usually for fastening two surfaces together by passing it through a buttonhole or loop 3
- noun button a small round object, such as any of various sweets, decorations, or badges 3
- noun button a small disc that completes an electric circuit when pushed, as one that operates a doorbell or machine 3
- noun button a symbolic representation of a button on the screen of a computer that is notionally depressed by manipulating the mouse to initiate an action 3
- noun button any rounded knoblike part or organ, such as an unripe mushroom 3
- noun button the protective knob fixed to the point of a foil 3
- noun button a small amount of metal, usually lead, with which gold or silver is fused, thus concentrating it during assaying 3
- noun button the piece of a weld that pulls out during the destructive testing of spot welds 3
- noun button a projection around the loom of an oar that prevents it slipping through the rowlock 3
- noun button an object of no value (esp in the phrase not worth a button) 3
- noun button intellect; mental capacity (in such phrases as a button short, to have all one's buttons, etc) 3
- verb button to fasten with a button or buttons 3
- verb button to provide with buttons 3
- verb button to hit (an opponent) with the button of one's foil 3
- noun button any small disk, knob, etc. used as a fastening or ornament, as one put through a buttonhole on a garment 3
- noun button anything small and shaped like a button 3
- noun button a small emblem of membership, distinction, etc., generally worn in the lapel 3
- noun button a small knoblike part, as a bud on a plant or the end of a rattlesnake's rattles 3
- noun button a small knoblike part that is pushed or turned to operate a doorbell, electric lamp, etc. 3
- noun button a guard on the tip of a fencing foil 3
- noun button a small, immature mushroom 3
- noun button the point of the chin 3
- verb transitive button to fasten with or as with a button or buttons 3
- verb transitive button to provide or be provided with a button or buttons 3
- noun button Richard Totten [tot-n] /ˈtɒt n/ (Show IPA), ("Dick") born 1929, U.S. figure skater. 1
- verb with object button to fasten with a button or buttons: She quickly buttoned her coat. 1
- verb with object button to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop: He buttoned the top button of his shirt. 1
- verb with object button to provide (something) with a button or buttons. 1
- verb without object button to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips. 1
- idioms button button up, Informal. Also, button one's lip. to become or keep silent. to fasten securely; close up: Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up. to fasten fully or put on, especially an outer garment: Button up before going out. to complete successfully; finish: The report is all buttoned up. 1
- idioms button have all one's buttons, Informal. to be mentally competent, alert, and sane; have all one's wits: At 106 she still has all her buttons. 1
- idioms button on the button, Informal. exactly as desired, expected, specified, etc.: The prediction for snow was right on the button. 1
- noun Definition of button in Technology 1. (electronics) push-button. 2. (operating system) A graphical representation of an electrical push-button appearing as part of a graphical user interface. Moving the mouse pointer over the graphical button and pressing one of the physical mouse buttons starts some software action such as closing a window or deleting a file. See also radio button. 1
- noun button round fastener 1
- noun button switch for power 1
- noun button computer control 1
- noun button round badge 1
- transitive verb button shirt, etc. 1
- noun button object: small, round 1
- noun button worthless object 1
- noun button fencing: tip of foil 1
- noun button round part or organ 1
- transitive verb button furnish with buttons 1
- transitive verb button fencing: hit opponent with foil 1
- noun button A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. 0