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Etymology 1

From Middle English boton, botoun, from Old French boton (Modern French bouton), from Old French bouter, boter (“to push; thrust”), ultimately from a Germanic language. More at butt.

Noun

button (plural buttons)

1. A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. [from the mid-13th c.]
2. A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
3. (graphical user interface) An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
4. (US) A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
5. (botany) A bud.
6. The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
7. (slang) The clitoris.
8. (curling) The center (bullseye) of the house.
9. (fencing) The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
10. (poker) A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
11. (poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
12. (archaic) A person who acts as a decoy.
13. A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
14. (South Africa, slang) A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
15. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
16. A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
17. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
18. A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
19. (Britain, archaic) A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch.
20. The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
21. (lutherie) In an instrument of the violin family, the near semi-circular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
22. (lutherie) Synonym of endbutton.
23. (lutherie, bowmaking) Synonym of adjuster.
24. The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
25. (comedy) The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
26. (slang) A button man; a professional assassin.

Etymology 2

From Middle English butonen, botonen, from the noun (see above).

Verb

button (third-person singular simple present buttons, present participle buttoning, simple past and past participle buttoned)

1. (transitive) To fasten with a button. [from the late 14th c.]
2. (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons.

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