Sekirov Dictionary

button

/ˈbʌtən/

noun33

  1. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
  2. a control that starts or stops a machine when it is pressed with a finger
  3. An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
  4. The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
  5. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
  6. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
  7. A bud.
  8. The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
  9. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
  10. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
  11. The oblate spheroidal mass of glass attaching a stem to either its bowl or foot.
  12. A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
  13. The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
  14. The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene.
  15. The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
  16. (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.
  17. (slang) The clitoris.
  18. The end of a runway.
  19. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe.
  20. The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
  21. A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
  22. 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. The center (bullseye) of the house.
  24. The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
  25. The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
  26. Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids.
  27. (South-Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
  28. The calyx of an orange.
  29. (Southern-US, old-fashioned) A clove (of garlic).
  30. Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument.
  31. Synonym of adjuster.
  32. (no longer used) A person who acts as a decoy.
  33. (UK, no longer used) A unit of length equal to ¹⁄₁₂ inch.

verb3

  1. To fasten with a button.
  2. To be fastened by a button or buttons.
  3. (informal) To stop talking.
forms

buttoned · buttoning · buttons

Phrases with button

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