Definitions for Button
ˈbʌt nbut·ton

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. buttonnoun

   a round fastener sewn to shirts and coats etc to fit through buttonholes

2. push button, push, buttonnoun

   an electrical switch operated by pressing

   "the elevator was operated by push buttons"; "the push beside the bed operated a buzzer at the desk"

3. buttonnoun

   any of various plant parts that resemble buttons

4. buttonnoun

   a round flat badge displaying information and suitable for pinning onto a garment

   "they passed out campaign buttons for their candidate"

5. clitoris, clit, buttonnoun

   a female sexual organ homologous to the penis

6. release, buttonnoun

   a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

7. buttonverb

   any artifact that resembles a button

8. buttonverb

   provide with buttons

   "button a shirt"

9. buttonverb

   fasten with buttons

   "button the dress"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. buttonnoun

   A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.

   April fastened the buttons of her overcoat to keep out the wind.

2. buttonnoun

   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.

3. buttonnoun

   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.

4. buttonnoun

   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.

5. buttonnoun

   A bud.

6. buttonnoun

   The clitoris.

7. buttonnoun

   The center (bullseye) of the house.

8. buttonnoun

   The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.

9. buttonnoun

   A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.

10. buttonverb

    To fasten with a button.

11. buttonverb

    To be fastened by a button or buttons.

    The coat will not button.

12. buttonnoun

    The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.

13. buttonnoun

    A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.

14. Etymology: From boton (French bouton), itself either from *, probably ultimately from a language, or from bouter + -on.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUTTONnoun

   Etymology: bottwn, Welch; bouton, Fr.

   1. A catch, or small ball, by which the dress of man is fastened.

   Pray you, undo this button. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   I mention those ornaments, because, of the simplicity of the shape, want of ornaments, buttons, loops, gold and silver lace, they must have been cheaper than ours. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

   2. Any knob or ball fastened to a smaller body.

   We fastened to the upper marble certain wires, and a button. Boyle.

   Fair from its humble bed I rear’d this flow’r,
   Suckled and chear’d, with air, and sun and show’r;
   Soft on the paper ruff its leaves I spread,
   Bright with the gilded button tipt its head. Alexander Pope, Dunciad.

   3. The bud of a plant.

   The canker galls the infants of the spring,
   Too oft before their buttons be disclos’d. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.

2. Buttonnoun

   The sea urchin, which is a kind of crabfish that has prickles instead of feet. Robert Ainsworth

3. To Buttonverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To dress; to cloath.

   One whose hard heart is button’d up with steel. William Shakespeare.

   He gave his legs, arm, and breast, to his ordinary servant, to button and dress him. Henry Wotton.

   2. To fasten with buttons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Button

   A button is a fastener that joins two pieces of fabric together by slipping through a loop or by sliding through a buttonhole. In modern clothing and fashion design, buttons are commonly made of plastic but also may be made of metal, wood, or seashell. Buttons can also be used on containers such as wallets and bags. Buttons may be sewn onto garments and similar items exclusively for purposes of ornamentation. In the applied arts and craft, a button can be an example of folk art, studio craft, or even a miniature work of art. In archaeology, a button can be a significant artifact.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. button

   A button is a small, usually circular or rectangular, object or symbol located on a user interface, often a website or application, that can be clicked or pressed by a user using a mouse, touchscreen, or keyboard, to perform a specific action or trigger a specific function. It is commonly used for navigation, submitting forms, initiating actions, or making selections within a digital interface.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Buttonnoun

   a knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass

2. Buttonnoun

   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

3. Buttonnoun

   a bud; a germ of a plant

4. Buttonnoun

   a piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door

5. Buttonnoun

   a globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion

6. Buttonnoun

   to fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up

7. Buttonnoun

   to dress or clothe

8. Buttonverb

   to be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Button

   In modern clothing and fashion design, a button is a small fastener, most commonly made of plastic, but also frequently of seashell, which secures two pieces of fabric together. In archaeology, a button can be a significant artifact. In the applied arts and in craft, a button can be an example of folk art, studio craft, or even a miniature work of art. Buttons are most often attached to articles of clothing but can also be used on containers such as wallets and bags. However, buttons may be sewn onto garments and similar items exclusively for purposes of ornamentation. Buttons serving as fasteners work by slipping through a fabric or thread loop, or by sliding through a buttonhole. Other types of fastenings include zippers, velcro and magnets.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Button

   but′n, n. a knob of metal, bone, &c., used to fasten the dress: the knob at the end of a foil: the head of an unexpanded mushroom: the knob of an electric bell, &c.: anything of small value, as in the phrase, 'I don't care a button:' a person who acts as a decoy: (pl.) young mushrooms, sheep's dung.—v.t. to fasten by means of buttons: to close up tightly.—v.i. to be fastened with buttons.—ns. Butt′on-bush, a North American shrub of the madder family, having globular flower-heads; Butt′on-hole, the hole or slit in the dress by which the button is held.—v.t. to detain in talk, as if by taking hold of a man by the button.—ns. Butt′on-hook, a hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the button-holes; Butt′on-wood, a small West Indian evergreen tree of the myrobalan family: the plane-tree of the United States—also Butt′on-ball and incorrectly Sycamore.—adj. Butt′ony, decorated with buttons.—Boy in buttons, a boy servant in livery, a page. [Fr. bouton, any small projection, from bouter, to push.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. button

   The knob of metal which terminates the breech end of most guns, and which affords a convenient bearing for the application of handspikes, breechings, &c.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. button

   In gunnery, is a part of the cascabel, in either a gun or howitzer, and is the hind part of the piece, made round in the form of a ball.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. button

   A type of product created and designed in various colors, materials, mechanisms, shapes, sizes and styles.

   Buttons are used on clothing, hats, garments, duvet covers etc.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 21, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BUTTON

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Button is ranked #4810 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Button surname appeared 7,341 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Button.
   
   90.4% or 6,637 total occurrences were White.
   3.4% or 252 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   3% or 221 total occurrences were Black.
   1.5% or 114 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.8% or 62 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.7% or 55 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Add
   • Badge
   • Device
   • Erectile Organ
   • Fasten
   • Fastener
   • Plant Part
   • Switch

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Button' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1963

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Button' in Nouns Frequency: #1547

How to pronounce Button?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Button in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Button in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Button in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Button in a Sentence

1. Scot Landry:

   Brian invited me to imagine a PragerU for Catholics, eDIFY will equip every parent, grandparent, priest and concerned peer with easily shareable videos and more that address the most hot-button topics of the day.

2. Chris Pine:

   You can be many miles away and press a button on a keyboard, and it can cause devastation.

3. David Wilson:

   We were out on the glacier and a blizzard blew in. It started to get pretty hairy, he [ the guide ] would always say, ‘ Are you touching the [ mobile ] in front ? ’ I leaned forward to touch the [ snowmobile ] in front to have a look, and as I came back, my glove accidentally hit the off button. THE SECRET HISTORY OF ELLIS ISLAND.

4. Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:

   The ECB will press the button.

5. Chez Valenta:

   It was the busiest period in the history of EMSin NYC, FDNY Deputy Commissioner for Public Information Frank Dwyer toldFox News. Calls surged to [the] high 5,000s and over 6,000. The highest one-day number of 911 calls was6,500 on March 30. Paramedics don gowns, gloves, goggles and N95 masks before they enter a home. Six percent of the FDNY’s 4,400 EMS workers are currently on COVID 19 medical leave. We had never seen anything like this before, in terms of magnitude and severity, The Queens-basedparamedic said. In those four weeks, it was really bad. I would finish a call, hit the available button, and Id immediately get another cardiac arrest. It was just like rinse and repeat, rinse and repeat for 16 hours, come back eight hours later, and do it all again. When asked what the hardest part of that four-week stretch was, the paramedic said,Not being able to save most of these people. This was a very dark period for me because no one was coming back, we werent able to resuscitate anyone. I got close once, but that person died too.It was just something I had never experienced at all during this job. It wasmentally exhausting and it was emotionally fatiguing. Dwyer told Fox that the FDNYs Counseling Services Unit (CSU) is available for all first responders. During the pandemic, CSU messaging has been provided to field units on a daily basis, including being sent directly to computers on board ambulances.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Button
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Button
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Button
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Button
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Button
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Button
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Button
10. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html