button

A1
Pronunciation
/ˈbʌtn̩/
/ˈbʌtn̩/
Noun
27 definition(s)
1 Definition

One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).

2 Definition

A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

Example Sentences
  • April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.
3 Definition

A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.

Example Sentences
  • Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.
4 Definition

An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

Example Sentences
  • Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.
5 Definition

A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

Example Sentences
  • The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.
6 Definition

A bud.

7 Definition

The head of an unexpanded mushroom.

8 Definition

The clitoris.

9 Definition

The center (bullseye) of the house.

10 Definition

The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.

11 Definition

A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.

12 Definition

The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.

13 Definition

A person who acts as a decoy.

14 Definition

A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.

15 Definition

A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).

16 Definition

A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.

17 Definition

A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.

18 Definition

A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

19 Definition

A small white blotch on a cat's coat.

20 Definition

A unit of length equal to 1/12 inch.

21 Definition

The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.

22 Definition

In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.

23 Definition

The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.

24 Definition

The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).

25 Definition

A button man; a professional assassin.

26 Definition

The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.

27 Definition

In a violin-family instrument, the carved wooden plug which sits in the bottom block of the instrument.

Verb
3 definition(s)
1 Definition

To fasten with a button.

2 Definition

To be fastened by a button or buttons.

Example Sentences
  • The coat will not button.
3 Definition

To stop talking.