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Definitions for Button

[1] a small disk, knob, or the like for sewing or otherwise attaching to an article, as of clothing, serving as a fastening when passed through a buttonhole or loop.
[2] anything resembling a button, especially in being small and round, as any of various candies, ornaments, tags, identification badges, reflectors, markers, etc.
[3] a badge or emblem bearing a name, slogan, identifying figure, etc., for wear on the lapel, dress, etc.: campaign buttons.
[4] any small knob or disk pressed to activate an electric circuit, release a spring, or otherwise operate or open a machine, small door, toy, etc.
[5] Botany . a bud or other protuberant part of a plant.
[6] Mycology . a young or undeveloped mushroom. any protuberant part of a fungus.
[7] Zoology . any of various small parts or structures resembling a button, as the rattle at the tip of the tail in a very young rattlesnake.
[8] Boxing Informal . the point of the chin.
[9] Also called turn button. a fastener for a door, window, etc., having two arms and rotating on a pivot that is attached to the frame.
[10] Metallurgy . (in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion.
[11] Fencing . the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a foil.
[12] Horology . crown(def 19) .
[13] Computers . (in a graphical user interface) a small, button-shaped or clearly defined area that the user can click on or touch to choose an option.
[14] to fasten with a button or buttons: She quickly buttoned her coat.
[15] to insert (a button) in a buttonhole or loop: He buttoned the top button of his shirt.
[16] to provide (something) with a button or buttons.
[17] to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips.
[18] button up , Informal . Also button one's lip. to become or keep silent. to fasten securely; close up: Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up. to fasten fully or put on, especially an outer garment: Button up before going out. to complete successfully; finish: The report is all buttoned up.
[19] have all one's buttons , Informal . to be mentally competent, alert, and sane; have all one's wits: At 106 she still has all her buttons.
[20] on the button , Informal . exactly as desired, expected, specified, etc.: The prediction for snow was right on the button.
[21] Richard Tot·ten [tot -n] /ˈtɒt n/ , Dick , born 1929, U.S. figure skater.
[22] a disc or knob of plastic, wood, etc, attached to a garment, etc, usually for fastening two surfaces together by passing it through a buttonhole or loop
[23] a small round object, such as any of various sweets, decorations, or badges
[24] a small disc that completes an electric circuit when pushed, as one that operates a doorbell or machine
[25] a symbolic representation of a button on the screen of a computer that is notionally depressed by manipulating the mouse to initiate an action
[26] biology any rounded knoblike part or organ, such as an unripe mushroom
[27] fencing the protective knob fixed to the point of a foil
[28] a small amount of metal, usually lead, with which gold or silver is fused, thus concentrating it during assaying
[29] the piece of a weld that pulls out during the destructive testing of spot welds
[30] rowing a projection around the loom of an oar that prevents it slipping through the rowlock
[31] British an object of no value (esp in the phrase not worth a button )
[32] slang intellect; mental capacity (in such phrases as a button short , to have all one's buttons , etc)
[33] on the button informal exactly; precisely
[34] to fasten with a button or buttons
[35] (tr) to provide with buttons
[36] (tr) fencing to hit (an opponent) with the button of one's foil
[37] button one's lip , button up one's lip , button one's mouth or button up one's mouth to stop talking: often imperative

Words related to Button

knob, switch, dial, fastening, catch, frog, clasp, stud, tuner, toggle, adjuster

Words nearby Button

butting, buttinsky, buttle, buttock, buttock-clenching, button, button ear, button man, button mangrove, button one's lip, button quail

Origin of Button

1275–1325; Middle English boto(u)n < Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton, equivalent to boter to butt3 + -on noun suffix

Other words from Button

but·ton·er , noun
but·ton·like , adjective
mis·but·ton , verb (used with object)
mis·but·toned , adjective
re·but·ton , verb (used with object)
well-but·toned , adjective

Word origin for Button

C14: from Old French boton , from boter to thrust, butt, of Germanic origin; see butt ³

Synonyms for Button

knob, catch, clasp, fastening, frog, stud