A Quick and Simple Dictionary

button

1. Proper noun.  (surname, lang en) .
2. Noun.  A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. (defdate, from the mid-13th c.) .
3. 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.
4. Noun.  (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
5. Noun.  (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
6. Noun.  (botany) A bud.
7. Noun.  (slang) The clitoris.
8. Noun.  (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
9. Noun.  (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
10. Noun.  (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also ''dealer's '''button'''''.
11. Noun.  (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
12. Noun.  A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
13. Verb.  (transitive) To fasten with a button. (defdate, from the late 14th c.) .