Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop.
- noun Such an object used for decoration.
- noun Any of various objects resembling a button, especially.
- noun A push-button switch.
- noun The blunt tip of a fencing foil.
- noun A fused metal or glass globule.
- noun In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.
- noun In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.
- noun Any of various knoblike structures of an organism, especially.
- noun An immature, unexpanded mushroom.
- noun The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.
- noun A usually round flat badge that bears a design or printed information and is typically pinned to a garment.
- noun Informal The end of the chin, regarded as the point of impact for a punch.
- intransitive verb To fasten with buttons.
- intransitive verb To decorate or furnish with buttons.
- intransitive verb Informal To close (the lips or mouth).
- intransitive verb To be or be capable of being fastened with buttons.
- idiom (on the button) Exactly; precisely.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To attach a button or buttons to.
- To fasten with a button or buttons; secure, or join the parts or edges of, with buttons: often followed by up: as, to
button up a waistcoat. - To be capable of being buttoned.
- noun A finger-knob or key on the concertina and some accordions.
- noun In pathology, any small, rounded, circumscribed elevation on the cutaneous or mucous surface.
- To bud or form imperfect heads, offsets, rosettes, tubers, or bulbs: for example, the cauliflower buttons when the head sends up imperfect and irregular glomerules, thus destroying the symmetry and solidity of the head.
- noun Any knob or ball fastened to another body; specifically, such an object used to secure together different parts of a garment, to one portion of which it is fastened in such a way that it can be passed through a slit (called a buttonhole) in another portion, or through a loop.
- noun plural (used as a singular). A page: so called from the buttons, commonly gilt, which adorn his jacket.
- noun A knob of gold, crystal, coral, ruby, or other precious stone, worn by Chinese officials, both civil and military, on the tops of their hats as a badge of rank; hence, the rank itself: as, a blue button.
- noun A knob or protuberance resembling a button.
- noun A bud of a plant.
- noun A flat or elongated piece of wood or metal, turning on a nail or screw, used to fasten doors, windows, etc.
- noun A small round mass of metal lying at the bottom of a crucible or cupel after fusion.
- noun In an organ, a small round piece of leather which, when screwed on the tapped wire of a tracker, prevents it from jumping out of place.
- noun A ring of leather through which the reins of a bridle pass, and which runs along the length of the reins.
- noun In zoology: The terminal segment of the crepitaculum or rattle of a rattlesnake. See
crepitaculum . - noun In entomology, a knob-like protuberance on the posterior extremity of the larvæ of certain butterflies, also called the anal button or cremaster. Sometimes there is a second one, called the preanal button.
- noun plural A name given to young mushrooms, such as are used for pickling.
- noun plural Sheep's dung: sometimes used for dung in general.
- noun A small cake.
- noun A person who acts as a decoy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by
up . - transitive verb obsolete To dress or clothe.
- intransitive verb To be fastened by a button or buttons.
- noun A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
- noun A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a
buttonhole , in the other; -- used also for ornament. - noun A bud; a germ of a plant.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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All our indignation to the contrary, we prefer the complicated and difficult: we enjoy our buttons; we are withheld only by our queer sex-pride from wearing garments that button up in the back -- indeed, on what we frankly call our 'best clothes,' we _have the buttons_ though we _dare not button_ with them.
The Perfect Gentleman Ralph Bergengren 1909
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When the button is activated, Sanyo A5520SA will also send an alert to the matched phone.
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Except the idea of inducing shivers down the back or extreme sorrow without having to do anything but push a button is a little like being able to generate porn randomly by computer.
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· Global preset management - using a title button you can save your settings, which are shared on the computer, so you can easily access them in another songs.
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john commented on the word button
"Anyone got change for a button?"
- Mr. Burns
"They took you up to midnight mass and left you in the lurch,
So you dropped a button in the plate and spewed up in the church"
- "The Sick Bed Of Cuchulainn", The Pogues
December 22, 2006
john commented on the word button
My daughter's first unequivocal word. There have been ambiguous maybe-words for a while. "Mama"... followed by a string of spittle-inflected vowels while she points at the fridge. But a few days ago she began began grabbing buttons, looking at you soulfully, and saying "button."
March 6, 2009
rolig commented on the word button
Oh, wow. That's beautiful. A good choice for a first unequivocal word.
March 6, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word button
That is indeed a great first word.
It reminds me of a sad/creepy story about my great-grandmother, involving buttons.
On another note, my nephew's first word was "stereo." And I have a recording of spawn, when it was very young, saying "non-sequitur." Not spawn's first word, but still a remarkably entertaining recording.
March 6, 2009
sionnach commented on the word button
I'm curious c_b. Did you correct spawn's inevitable mispronunciations as s/he was growing up? Or was your family like mine, where the "grownups" would snicker to themselves each time I butchered epitome and misled, well into my teens? It's no wonder I turned out as weird as I did, all things considered.
March 6, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word button
I think I did both, sionnach, which may account for spawn's weirdness as well as its brilliance. :)
I think spawn was convinced well into its teens, for example, that cows with any white on them give white milk, while entirely brown/black cows give chocolate milk.
I even managed, somehow, to explain away strawberry milk, once that started appearing in the grocery stores pre-mixed and the inevitable question arose. I don't recall entirely, but my excuse was something like, "Well, *that* milk has strawberry syrup added to it after it comes out of the cow. And of course you can make chocolate milk that way too, but you don't *have* to, if you have an all-black or all-brown cow."
March 6, 2009
seanahan commented on the word button
My parents were the opposite, I was constantly corrected on my pronunciation and grammar. And here I am, on Wordie, constantly correcting people.
March 6, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word button
My parents were constantly pronouncing things wrong on purpose just to be funny. Like "fox pass" instead of "faux pas."
That probably explains a lot.
March 6, 2009
sionnach commented on the word button
*Let it be noted that my intense (platonic) interspecies internet crush on c_b has just intensified several degrees*
March 6, 2009
chained_bear commented on the word button
*pats fox gently on head with giant paw*
You know, now every time I see the word misled, I pronounce it "MY-zld." Hilarious. :)
March 6, 2009
bilby commented on the word button
My globetrotting uncle inculcated me in the ways of fox's poss.
I don't recall my parents correcting my language, save one occasion when I burst into their bedroom one Saturday morning armed with scribble pad. It was a birthday present from my brother, who, determined to find the cheapest thing he could pass off as a gift, decided that 5 cents on a jotter would successfully placate me. He was right: I immediately sensed the power of My Own Stationery. I proceeded to write a list of the biggest and most impressive words I could think of, culminating in the massive sholder. It was such a long word I was sure mum and dad wouldn't mind having their Saddy lie-in interrupted to see it. Mum looked carefully down the list of words and gently added a 'u' to make it shoulder. While I was miffed that the piece de resistance of my First Grand Wordlist had been incorrect, I was secretly thrilled that I now knew how to spell it right. And it was even longer than I thought! I hope, somewhere, I still have that scribble pad.
P.S. I always hated the word jotter and crossed it out on the cover.
March 6, 2009
lea commented on the word button
Push The Red Button.
March 7, 2009
plethora commented on the word button
Haha! That shoud be on the bubble wrap page :D
March 7, 2009
reesetee commented on the word button
Chained, I had the same experience with my parents. To this day, I have to catch myself when I'm set to deliberately mispronounce words around strangers.
*rubs fox paws together*
John, congrats on the little one's first word. An impressive one indeed.
March 9, 2009
bilby commented on the word button
If she is bandying about a first word, I think her first Wordie list is now overdue.
March 9, 2009
PossibleUnderscore commented on the word button
Button, Oh button, where hast though fled?
Did thee tarry too long, amongst fabric and thread?
Did thee roll off by bosom and cease to exist?
How I wish I could follow thee, into the mist.
-Snape, Snape's Diary, Potter Puppet Pals
Say what you like...I find them funny. :-)
September 15, 2009
sionnach commented on the word button
reesetee - please unhand my paws!
does potter puppet pal professor snape have a cold?
September 15, 2009
reesetee commented on the word button
*unhands fox's paws*
September 15, 2009