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button

Definition

  • noun: a small, usually round piece of plastic, glass, metal, etc., that is sewn to a piece of clothing and is pushed through a loop or hole to fasten one part of the clothing to another part
  • noun: a small knob or disk secured to an article (as of clothing) and used as a fastener by passing it through a 'buttonhole' or loop
  • verb: to attach (a button) by passing it through a hole
  • verb: to furnish or decorate with 'buttons'
  • often + 'up'
  • synonyms: knob, bud

Examples

  • Even though they're both adults now, Rita's brother still 'knows how to push her buttons'. [=he is easily able to annoy or frustrate her]

  • Medical officials says there is no need to 'push the panic button' over two isolated cases of the disease.

  • With a fax machine, you can send a document across the country with the touch/push of a 'button'.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) --Obvious to everyone, this is the work of al Qaeda... ...or some like-minded Arab terrorist group. - The National Guard... - The building's buttoned up. Rooftop's secure. - They attempted contact yet? - Not yet. - Apparently, we're all Arabs. - Good. (..)
    2013 White House Down
  • (..) You can keep reading that. That is not me anymore. I'm not the kid you used to know in college. I've buttoned up every single thing that I have to to qualify for this job. I have times more experience than any Ivy League kid. It's not just about experience. I would need to depend on you every day. (..)
    2013 White House Down
  • (..) Good one. The Internet. Hello, old friend. "To download your new cell-phone ringtone... ...press the button that says 'download."' I take the mouse and I click, but do not drag... ...the button that says "download." Gentlemen, and lady, (..)
    2006 The Pink Panther