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noun
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.
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EXPANDBotany. a bud or other protuberant part of a plant.
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Mycology.
a.
a young or undeveloped mushroom.
b.
any protuberant part of a fungus.
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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.
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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.
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Metallurgy. (in assaying) a small globule or lump of metal at the bottom of a crucible after fusion.
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Fencing. the protective, blunting knob fixed to the point of a foil.
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Horology. crown (def. 19).
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COLLAPSEComputers. (in a graphical user interface) any of the small, labeled areas upon which the user can click with a mouse to choose an option.
verb (used with object)
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.
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Have all one's buttons
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
verb (used without object)
Idioms17.
to be capable of being buttoned: This coat buttons, but that one zips.
18.
button up, Informal.
a.
Also, button one's lip. to become or keep silent.
b.
to fasten securely; close up: Within a short time, everything on the submarine was buttoned up.
c.
to fasten fully or put on, especially an outer garment: Button up before going out.
d.
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.
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on the button, Informal. exactly as desired, expected, specified, etc.: The prediction for snow was right on the button.
Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English boto(u)n < Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton, equivalent to boter to butt3 + -on noun suffix
1275–1325; Middle English boto(u)n < Anglo-French: rosehip, button, stud; Middle French boton, equivalent to boter to butt3 + -on noun suffix
Related forms
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)
EXPANDwell-but·toned, adjective
COLLAPSE
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Idioms & Phrases
have all one's buttons
Also, have all one's marbles. Be completely sane and rational. For example, Grandma may be in a wheelchair, but she still has all her buttons, or I'm not sure he has all his marbles. These slangy expressions date from the mid-1800s, as do the antonyms lose or be missing some of one's buttons or marbles, meaning "become (or be) mentally deficient."
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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