Button
- Proper noun. (surname, lang en) .
- Noun. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. (defdate, from the mid-13th c.) .
- Noun. A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
- Noun. (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
- Noun. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
- Noun. (botany) A bud.
- Noun. (slang) The clitoris.
- Noun. (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
- Noun. (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
- Noun. (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also ''dealer's '''button'''''.
- Noun. (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
- Noun. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
- Verb. (transitive) To fasten with a button. (defdate, from the late 14th c.) .
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