button

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 See also 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French boton (French bouton), from Late Latin *bottōnem, probably ultimately from Germanic.

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• IPA: /'bʌtn̩/, SAMPA: /"bVtn=/
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  Rhymes: -ʌtən

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button (plural buttons)

1. A knob or disc that is passed through a slit (buttonhole) in the adjacent material, serving as a fastener.

   April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.

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

   Pat pushed the button marked "shred" on the blender.

3. (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.

   Click the button that looks like a house to return to your browser's home page.

4. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

   The politician wore a bright yellow button with the slogan "Vote Smart" emblazoned on it.

5. (botany) A bud.
6. (slang) The clitoris.
7. (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
8. (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
9. (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
10. (poker) The player who is last to act, who possesses the button.

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• switch
• toggle
• trigger

[edit] Verb

to button (third-person singular simple present buttons, present participle buttoning, simple past and past participle buttoned)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a button.

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• button one's lip
• button up
• unbutton