button
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
button/ˈbʌtn/
▶noun
- 1 a small disc or knob sewn on to a garment, either to fasten it by being pushed through a buttonhole or for decoration.
- 2 chiefly N. Amer. a decorative badge pinned to clothing.
- 3 a knob on a piece of electrical or electronic equipment which is pressed to operate it.
- 4 Fencing a knob fitted to the point of a foil to make it harmless.
- 1 fasten or be fastened with buttons.
- 2 (button it) informal stop talking.
- 3 (button something up) informal complete something satisfactorily.
– phrases
button one's lip informal stop or refrain from talking.
on the button informal, chiefly N. Amer. precisely.
push (or press) someone's buttons informal provoke a reaction in someone.
button one's lip informal stop or refrain from talking.
on the button informal, chiefly N. Amer. precisely.
push (or press) someone's buttons informal provoke a reaction in someone.
– derivatives
-buttoned adjective,
buttonless adjective,
buttony adjective.
-buttoned adjective,
buttonless adjective,
buttony adjective.
'button' also found in these Oxford entries:
bachelor's buttons
- bell push
- belly button
- bouton
- boutonnière
- bright
- button-back
- button chrysanthemum
- button-down
- buttonhole
- button mushroom
- button-quail
- button-through
- concertina
- cotton lavender
- double-click
- flick knife
- foil
- frog
- grandad
- hemipode
- hot button
- knob
- netsuke
- panic button
- pearl button
- punch
- redial
- shirt dress
- snooze button
- speed dial
- tansy
- telegraph key
- touch-tone
- tummy button
- turn
