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Complete Definition of "button"

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English
Image:Shirt_button.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Shirt button (sense 1)
Image:Enter_button.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Push button (sense 2)
Image:Buttons_5a.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Badge buttons (sense 4)

Pronunciation
IPA|/'bʌt.ən/, SAMPA|/"bVt.@n/
audio|en-us-button.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ʌtən|-ʌtən

Noun
en-noun

  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.

  1. 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.

  1. computing In computer software, 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.

  1. 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.

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

Derived terms
buttonhole
button pusher
cute as a button
eject button
panic button
power button
push one's buttons
stay-button

Translations
trans-top|knob or small disc serving as a fastener
Chinese : 釦子, 扣子 (kòu zi)
Croatian: t-|hr|gumb|m, t-|hr|dugme|n
Finnish: t-|fi|nappi
Icelandic: t+|is|tala|f, t-|is|hnappur|m
Japanese: t-|ja|ボタン|trbotan|scJpan
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Kurdish: KUchar|دوگمه‌, KUchar|قۆپچه‌
Polish: t|pl|guzik|m
Russian: t+|ru|пуговица|f|trpúgovica|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|gumb|m
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trans-top|a mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger
Chinese: 按鈕, 按钮 (àn niǔ)
Croatian: t-|hr|gumb|m, t-|hr|dugme|n
Finnish: t-|fi|painike, t-|fi|painonappi
Icelandic: t-|is|takki|n, t-|is|hnappur|m
Japanese: t-|ja|ボタン|trbotan|scJpan
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Kurdish: KUchar|دوگمه‌
Polish: t|pl|guzik|m, t|pl|przycisk|m
Russian: t+|ru|кнопка|f|trknópka|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|gumb|m
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trans-top|in computer software, an on-screen control that can be selected
Chinese: 按鈕, 按钮 (àn niǔ)
Croatian: t-|hr|gumb|m, t-|hr|dugme|n
Finnish: t-|fi|painike
Icelandic: t-|is|valhnappur|m, t-|is|hnappur|m, t-|is|takki|m
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Japanese: t-|ja|ボタン|trbotan|scJpan
Polish: t|pl|przycisk|m
Russian: t+|ru|кнопка|f|trknópka|scCyrl
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trans-top|a badge worn on clothes
Chinese: 小徽章, 小徽章 (xiǎo huī zhāng)
Finnish: t-|fi|rintanappi
Icelandic: t-|is|barmmerki|n
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Japanese: t-|ja|ボタン|trbotan|scJpan
Slovene: t-|sl|značka|f
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trans-top|botany: a bud
Chinese: 芽, 芽 (yá)
Croatian: t-|hr|pupoljak|m
Finnish: t-|fi|nuppu
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trans-top|slang: clitoris

Chinese: 花蕾, 花蕾 (huā lěi)
Finnish: t-|fi|nappula
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trans-top|curling: bullseye
Finnish: t+|fi|nänni
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trans-top|fencing: a soft tip of the foil
Finnish: t-|fi|kärkihylsy
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trans-top|poker: dealer's button
Finnish: t-|fi|nappi
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ttbc|Catalan: botó
ttbc|Dutch: knop m (2), badge f (3)
ttbc|Esperanto: butono
ttbc|French: bouton m (2), badge m (3)
ttbc|Galician: botón
ttbc|German: Knopf m, Taste
ttbc|Gujarati: બુતાન (butāna)
ttbc|Greek: κουμπί n
ttbc|Hebrew: כפתור (kaftor) m (2,3,4)
ttbc|Hindi: बटन (baṭana)
ttbc|Hungarian: gomb
ttbc|Ido: butono
ttbc|Indonesian: kancing, tombol
ttbc|Italian: bottone m, tasto m
ttbc|Korean: 단추 (danchu) (2,3), 버튼 (2)
ttbc|Portuguese: botão m (2)
ttbc|Punjabi: ਬਟਣ (baṭaṇa)
ttbc|Spanish: botón
ttbc|Swedish: knapp (2), pin (3), brosch (3), märkesnål (3)
ttbc|Tagalog: butones
ttbc|Telugu: గుండీ (gundee), బొత్తాము (bottaamu)
ttbc|Ukrainian: ґудзик (gúdzyk) m (1), кнопка (knopka) f (2), клавіша (kláviša) f (3)
ttbc|Welsh: botum
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See also
switch
toggle
trigger

Verb
en-verb

  1. transitive To fasten with a button.

Translations
trans-top|to fasten with a button
Finnish: napittaa, kiinnittää nappi|napilla
Icelandic: t-|is|hneppa
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Russian: застегивать (zast'ógivat') impf, застегнуть (zast'egnút') pf
Slovene: zapeti
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Derived terms
button one's lip
button up

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