unbutton /ʌnˈbʌtən/ verb2 •To open (something) by undoing its buttons.Being now too high wound up to bear a delay, he unbutton'd, and drawing out the engine of love-assaults, drove it currently, as at a ready-made breach — 1749 •To come open by having its buttons unfastened.He was so muscled and firm, and the canvas shirt under his jacket unbuttoned easily. — 2010 formsunbuttoned · unbuttoning · unbuttons