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Small fastener
A button (/bʌtən/) is a fastener that joins two pieces of fabric together by slipping through a loop or by sliding through a buttonhole. In modern clothing
Button
Topics referred to by the same term
Button, Button may refer to: Button, button, who's got the button?, a traditional children's game "Button, Button" (Asimov short story), a 1953 short
Button,_Button
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up button in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A button is a small fastener which secures two pieces of fabric together. Button or Buttons may also
Button_(disambiguation)
British racing driver (born 1980)
Alexander Lyons Button (born 19 January 1980) is a British former racing driver who competed in Formula One from 2000 to 2017. Button won the Formula
Jenson_Button
Surname list
Button is an English surname. The name is generally held to be occupational, for people involved in making or selling buttons, a word derived from the
Button_(surname)
2003 single by the White Stripes
"The Hardest Button to Button" is a song by American alternative rock band the White Stripes from their fourth album, Elephant. According to Jack, the
The_Hardest_Button_to_Button
20th episode of the 1st season of The Twilight Zone
"Button, Button" is the second segment of the 20th episode of the first season of the revival of the television series The Twilight Zone. The segment is
Button, Button (The Twilight Zone)
Button,_Button_(The_Twilight_Zone)
Figurative term for access to nuclear weapons
The "nuclear button" is a figurative term referring to the power to use nuclear weapons. "Pushing the nuclear button" refers to actually using them. The
Nuclear_button
Topics referred to by the same term
Red button may refer to: Red Button (digital television), a button on the remote control for certain digital television set top boxes in the United Kingdom
Red_button
Outdoor game
Button, button, who's got the button is a children's game of ingenuity where players form a circle with their hands out, palms together. One child, called
Button, button, who's got the button?
Button,_button,_who's_got_the_button?
Scarred area on the abdomen after detachment of the umbilical cord
umbilicus; pl.: umbilici or umbilicuses; also known as the belly button or tummy button) is a protruding, flat, or hollowed area on the abdomen at the attachment
Navel
Type of shirt
In American English, a dress shirt, button shirt, button-front, button-front shirt, or button-up shirt — simply shirt in British English — is a garment
Dress_shirt
User interface element
The hamburger button is a button, typically placed in a top corner of a graphical user interface. Its function is to toggle a menu (sometimes referred
Hamburger_button
Graphical user interface control element
A radio button or option button is a graphical control element that allows the user to choose only one of a predefined set of mutually exclusive options
Radio_button
2008 film by David Fincher
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by David Fincher and adapted by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)
The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_(film)
Small battery
A button cell, watch battery, or coin battery is a small battery made of a single electrochemical cell and shaped as a squat cylinder typically 5 to 25 mm
Button_cell
British actress
Fiona Button (born 1984/1985) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Tess Roberts in Lip Service (2010–2012) and Rose Defoe in The Split
Fiona_Button
American comedian and actor (1929–2024)
to prominence in 1960 when his record album of comedic monologues, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, became a bestseller and reached number one on
Bob_Newhart
Hobby
Button collecting is the collecting of various types of clothing buttons. Button collecting varies widely. In its most informal manifestation, a button
Button_collecting
Media awards
trophy in a metal casing with a YouTube play button symbol. The trophies are of different sizes: each button and plaque becomes progressively larger with
YouTube_Creator_Awards
American chef and restaurateur (born 1983)
Katie Button (born 1983) is an American Chef and restaurateur. She holds the title of Executive Chef and CEO of the restaurant group Katie Button Restaurants
Katie_Button
Topics referred to by the same term
"Command button" may refer to: A graphical button that appears in a computer user interface, allowing a user to trigger an event Keyboard buttons (generally)
Command_button
American professional wrestler (born 1984)
Brian Christopher Joseph Button (born February 2, 1984), better known by the ring name Brian Cage, is an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
Brian_Cage
American Founding Father and politician
Button Gwinnett (/ɡwɪˈnɛt/ gwin-ET; March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the
Button_Gwinnett
Topics referred to by the same term
John Button may refer to: John Button (Australian politician) John Bolton (Haverfordwest MP) (by 1524–56 or later), or John Button, English politician
John_Button
British architect (1901–1969)
Frederick C. Button ARIBA (1901 – 1969) was a British architect, the co-founder of Adie, Button and Partners. Born 1901, Button was mentored by Thomas
Frederick_Button
Topics referred to by the same term
William Button may refer to: William I Button (died 1264), Bishop of Bath and Wells William II Button (died 1274), Bishop of Bath and Wells William Button (died
William_Button
Experimental meta-game on Reddit
The Button was an online meta-game and social experiment that featured an online button and 60-second countdown timer that would reset each time the button
The_Button_(Reddit)
Method of manufacturing road signs
Button copy is a type of physical design for road signs in the United States. Round plastic retroreflective buttons made of transparent plastic are placed
Button_copy
Yaghan native, celebrity in England
Orundellico, known as "Jeremy Button" or "Jemmy Button" or "Jimmy Button" (c. 1815–1864), was a member of the Yahgan (or Yámana) people from islands around
Jemmy_Button
Species of hydrozoan
Porpita porpita, or the blue button, is a marine organism consisting of a colony of hydroids found in the warmer, tropical and sub-tropical waters of the
Porpita_porpita
Species of fungus
names for the mature state, such as chestnut, portobello, portabellini, button, cremini, and champignon de Paris (see Names below). Some poisonous lookalikes
Agaricus_bisporus
British children's TV programme
Button Moon is a British children's television programme broadcast from 8 December 1980 to 1 December 1988 in the United Kingdom on ITV network. Thames
Button_Moon
Communication software feature used to express support
A like button, like option, or recommend button is a feature in communication software such as social networking services, Internet forums, news websites
Like_button
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up button man in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Button man may refer to: Button Man, a story that has appeared in the comics anthology 2000 AD Pearly
Button_man
16th-century English politician
Sir Ambrose Button (c. 1549 – after 1608) was the member of the Parliament of England for Malmesbury for the Parliament of 1571. Button was the first
Ambrose_Button
Vertical transport
consist of a transceiver, or simply a button. This feature is often required by local regulations. Hold button: This button delays the door closing timer, useful
Elevator
Musical instrument of the free-reed aerophone family
melodeon or diatonic button accordion is a member of the free-reed aerophone family of musical instruments. It is a type of button accordion on which the
Diatonic_button_accordion
Mechanism to control a machine or process
Button accordion Button (computing) Keyboard (computing) Panic button Placebo button Push-button telephone Reset button Shutter button Turbo button "Push
Push-button
White House call button used by presidents of the United States
a call button is present on the Oval Office desk in the Oval Office of the White House. This call button, also referred to as a valet button, is used
Presidential_call_button
Software used to access websites
stop button to reload and cancel loading the current page. (In most browsers, the stop button is merged with the reload button.) A home button to return
Web_browser
Computer button
On some older IBM PC–compatible computers, the turbo button selects one of two run states: the default "turbo" clock speed or a reduced speed closer to
Turbo_button
2024 smartphone by Apple
16 Plus come with the Action button, which was first featured on the iPhone 15 Pro lineup. By default, the Action button toggles silent mode. However
IPhone_16
Bellows-driven free-reed aerophone musical instrument
Piano accordions use a piano-style musical keyboard; button accordions use a buttonboard. Button accordions are furthermore differentiated by their usage
Accordion
Topics referred to by the same term
Push the Button may refer to: Push the Button (Money Mark album), 1998 Push the Button (The Chemical Brothers album), 2005 "Push the Button" (Sugababes
Push_the_Button
to follow a channel's content by clicking on that channel's "Subscribe" button, and each user's subscription feed consists of videos published by channels
List of most-subscribed YouTube channels
List_of_most-subscribed_YouTube_channels
Various spiders found in South Africa
Button spider is a common name used in Southern Africa to refer to local members of the spider genus Latrodectus in the family Theridiidae. There are both
Button_spider
Species of spider
known as the brown widow, brown button spider, grey widow, brown black widow, house button spider or geometric button spider, is one of the widow spiders
Latrodectus_geometricus
Symbols usually representing media playback controls
Play/pause button are programmed such that it stays lit when the appliance is running. A line of Philips pasta makers has the Play/pause button for controlling
Media_control_symbols
Topics referred to by the same term
Back button may refer to: Back button (web browser), a common web browser feature that retrieves the previous resource Backspace key, the computer keyboard
Back_button
Advertising campaign and toy
Staples Easy Button is an advertising campaign and push-button office toy by American office supply retailing company Staples. The button serves as "an
Staples_Easy_Button
2010 film by Tom McGrath
franchise, including a trio of video games and a short film, Megamind: The Button of Doom, which was included in the film's home media releases. A sequel
Megamind
2009 film by Richard Kelly
James Marsden, and Frank Langella. It is based on the 1970 short story "Button Button" by Richard Matheson. The film follows a couple (Diaz and Marsden) receive
The_Box_(2009_film)
Musical instrument
A button accordion is a type of accordion on which the melody-side keyboard consists of a series of buttons. This differs from the piano accordion, which
Button_accordion
American ice hockey executive
Craig J. Button (born January 3, 1963) is currently an ice hockey analyst for TSN and a former National Hockey League (NHL) executive, analyst. Born in
Craig_Button
2025 American mockumentary sitcom
Hiller as Augustus ẞlimpfh, the eccentric and "crazy" owner of a candy button factory Busy Philipps as Vicky, Peaches' older sister Annaleigh Ashford
Stumble_(TV_series)
Device used for calculations
calculators assign only one digit or operation on each button; however, in more specific calculators, a button can perform multi-function working with key combinations
Calculator
Tabletop dexterity game
Button football or button soccer is an association football simulation game played on a tabletop, using concave buttons or special-made disks to represent
Button_football
Species of flowering plant
Conocarpus erectus, commonly called buttonwood or button mangrove, is a hardy species of mangrove shrub in the family Combretaceae. These two varieties
Conocarpus_erectus
Graphical user interface element
In computing, a button (sometimes known as a command button or push button) is a graphical control element that provides the user a simple way to trigger
Button_(computing)
Telephone which has buttons or keys for dialing
A push-button telephone is a telephone that has buttons or keys for dialing a telephone number, in contrast to a rotary dial used in earlier telephones
Push-button_telephone
A bachelor button is a button that can be attached without sewing. It uses a stud pressed through fabric and into a top button. They were sold in notion
Bachelor_button_(sewing)
Species of flowering plant
southern North America. Common names include buttonbush, common buttonbush, button-willow, buck brush, and honey-bells. Cephalanthus occidentalis is a deciduous
Cephalanthus_occidentalis
Device that alerts others to the presence of an emergency
alarm is frequently but not always controlled by a concealed panic alarm button. These buttons can be connected to a monitoring center or locally via a
Panic_button
Sexual interest focused on the navel
Navel fetishism, belly button fetishism, or alvinophilia is a partialism in which an individual is attracted to the human navel. A navel fetishist can
Navel_fetishism
Type of clock
if the person has had adequate sleep. To turn off the sound or light, a button or handle on the clock is pressed; most clocks automatically turn off the
Alarm_clock
Ornamental architectural feature
The "mortgage button" or "amity button" was a small ornamental inlay often featured on newel posts of a main staircase in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Mortgage_button
Feature of the social networking website Facebook
The like button on the social networking website Facebook was first enabled on February 9, 2009. The like button enables users to easily interact with
Facebook_like_button
In photography, the shutter-release button (s just shutter release or shutter button) is a push-button found on many cameras, used to record photographs
Shutter_button
British sitcom (2019–2023)
Yonderland. Alison Cooper unexpectedly inherits the vast but crumbling Button House from a distant relative. The house is haunted by numerous squabbling
Ghosts_(2019_TV_series)
2024 smartphone by Apple
16 models, except for the iPhone 16e, come with a new button called Camera Control. This button is on the right side of the device, and allows the user
IPhone_16_Pro
English footballer (born 1989)
David Robert Edmund Button (born 27 February 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Ipswich Town
David_Button
2022 film directed by Qasim Ali Mureed
Tich Button (Urdu: ٹچ بٹن) is a 2022 Pakistani comedy drama film, directed by Qasim Ali Mureed in his feature film directorial debut and produced by Salman
Tich_Button
Sports division of British broadcaster
coverage is also added to the BBC Sport website and through the BBC Red Button interactive television service. The BBC has broadcast sport for several
BBC_Sport
American figure skater (1929–2025)
Richard Totten Button (July 18, 1929 – January 30, 2025) was an American figure skater and skating analyst. He was a two-time Olympic champion (1948, 1952)
Dick_Button
Plastic surgery procedure
referred to as "belly button surgery", is a plastic surgery procedure to modify the appearance of one's navel (or "belly button"). It may be performed
Umbilicoplasty
Emergency shutdown of a nuclear reactor
have a big button to push to drive in both the control rods and the safety rod. What to label it? 'What do we do after we punch the button?,' someone
Scram
Topics referred to by the same term
Jim Button may refer to: Jim Knopf, nicknamed Jim Button, computer programmer The main character in Michael Ende's Jim Button novels: Jim Button and Luke
Jim_Button
Topics referred to by the same term
Kenneth Button may refer to: Kenneth Button (economist) (born 1948), British transport economist Kenneth Button (physicist) (1922–2010), American solid
Kenneth_Button
Electric switch on a computer mouse
A mouse button is an electric switch on a computer mouse which can be pressed (“clicked”) to select or interact with an element of a graphical user interface
Mouse_button
1922 short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a satirical short story about a man who ages in reverse, from senescence to infancy, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (short story)
The_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_(short_story)
Novel trilogy by Richard Chizmar and Stephen King
installments include Gwendy's Button Box (2017), Gwendy's Magic Feather (2019), and Gwendy's Final Task (2022). Gwendy's Button Box is a horror novella by
The_Gwendy_Trilogy
Remove power from a computer's main components in a controlled way
Control+Power key/button (or Media Eject key), or by pressing the power key to bring up the power management dialog box and selecting button "Shut down". An
Shutdown_(computing)
Electrical connection material
A Fuzz Button is a high performance electrical connection material used to connect two parts of an electrical circuit together, for example an IC to a
Fuzz_button
Button on remotes
The Netflix button is a button available on many modern remote controllers, used to directly connect to the popular streaming service Netflix. It was initially
Netflix_button
American ballerina
Dusty Button (born June 6, 1989) is an American ballet dancer. She was born in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. At age sixteen, she moved to New York to train
Dusty_Button
American video game developer
Panic Button, LLC is an American video game developer based in Austin, Texas. Founded in late 2007, the studio is best known for their ports of AAA video
Panic_Button_(company)
British girl group
the UK Albums Chart. The lead single from Taller in More Ways, "Push the Button", reached number one in five countries. In December 2005, Buena left and
Sugababes
Species of flowering plant in the celery family
Eryngium yuccifolium, known as rattlesnake master, button eryngo, and button snake-root, is a perennial herb of the parsley family native to the tallgrass
Eryngium_yuccifolium
User interface element
cycle button or toggle button is a graphical control element that allows the user to choose one from a predefined set of options. It is used as a button, the
Cycle_button
John Carl 'Jack' Button (1940 – July 31, 1996) was a professional hockey executive with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals of the National
Jack_Button
Type of piercing located in, or around, the navel
A navel piercing, also referred to as a belly button piercing, is a type of body piercing that penetrates the skin of the navel. It is typically done by
Navel_piercing
US Air Force pilot who disappeared and crashed his A-10 aircraft (1964–1997)
Craig David Button (24 November 1964 – 2 April 1997) was a United States Air Force captain who died when he crashed a Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft
Craig_D._Button
Dice game
Button Men is a two-player dice game invented by James Ernest of Cheapass Games, first released in 1999. A game of Button Men typically takes less than
Button_Men
Formula One motor racing team
competed in the 2009 Formula One World Championship, with drivers Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello. The team was formed in 2009 by a management buyout
Brawn_GP
Species of legume
capable of nitrogen fixation. Common names include blackdisk medick, button clover, button medick, and round-fruited medick. The seed pods are edible and are
Medicago_orbicularis
European folk story
inedible objects, and therefore the parable is also known as axe soup, button soup, nail soup, bolt soup, and wood soup. Various forms of the story exist;
Stone_Soup
Ornament or badge for wearing, as on a lapel, often with a slogan or image
A pin-back button or pinback button, pin button, button badge, or simply pin-back or badge, is a button or badge that can be temporarily fastened to the
Pin-back_button
Short story by Isaac Asimov
"Button, Button" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in a January 1953 issue of Startling Stories
Button, Button (Asimov short story)
Button,_Button_(Asimov_short_story)
Property of operations
activation of the button moves the system into a requesting state, until the request is satisfied. Subsequent activations of the button between the initial
Idempotence
BUTTON
BUTTON
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob’, ‘lump’.English : possibly a topographic name for someone who lived in a valley, from Old Norse botn ‘valley bottom’, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Botton in Lancashire or Botton Cross in North Yorkshire.Norwegian : habitational name from any of various farms named Botn, Botten, or Botnen, from Old Norse botn ‘small valley’, ‘valley end’. Compare Botner.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, from Old French bo(u)ton ‘knob’, ‘lump’, specialized to mean ‘button’. Compare Butner.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle Low German, knÅp, Middle Dutch cnoop, cnop(pe) ‘swelling’, ‘lump’, ‘knob’, ‘button’, ‘glob’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of buttons, normally of horn; a nickname for a small, rotund man; or a topographic name for someone who lived by a rounded hillock.English : from Middle English knop(pe) ‘knob’, ‘protuberance’, presumably applied as a nickname for someone with a noticeable wart or carbuncle or with knobbly knees or elbows, or possibly to someone who was small and chubby.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Knop 3.
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Dutch
English, German, and Dutch : variant spelling of Knopp.Polish : occupational name for a weaver, Polish knap (see Knapik).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name from Yiddish knop ‘button’ (see Knopf).
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian name GÉZA means "button."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker or seller of buttons, Old French boutonier, from bo(u)ton ‘knob’, ‘lump’, specialized to mean ‘button’.Altered spelling of German Büttner (see Buettner).
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Belly Button; Word
BUTTON
BUTTON
Boy/Male
Dutch
Silent.
Boy/Male
Australian, Polish
Capable of Life
Surname or Lastname
Dutch and German
Dutch and German : topographic name from Middle High German and Middle Dutch acker ‘(cultivated) field’, hence a byname for a peasant.English : topographic name for someone living by a piece of cultivated land, from Middle English aker ‘acre’, ‘field’ (Old English æcer). Compare Akers.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Acker ‘field’ (see 1).
Girl/Female
Biblical
Separation, division.
Boy/Male
English American Teutonic
From the elves'valley 'From the old town.' Surname.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Delightful, One who entertains others, One who brings Joy to others, Pleasant and charming
Boy/Male
Sikh
Peace attained through gurus lotus feet
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
One who can Read Your Mind
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Skilled; Glowing Rays of the Sun
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi
Being Victorious
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n.
An instrument for detecting or measuring minute extension or movements of solid bodies. It consists essentially of a small rod, disk, or button of carbon, forming part of an electrical circuit, the resistance of which, being varied by the changes of pressure produced by the movements of the object to be measured, causes variations in the strength of the current, which variations are indicated by a sensitive galvanometer. It is also used for measuring minute changes of temperature.
v.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
imp. & p. p.
of Button
n.
One who, or that which, scorifies; specifically, a small flat bowl-shaped cup used in the first heating in assaying, to remove the earth and gangue, and to concentrate the gold and silver in a lead button.
v. t.
To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
a.
Ornamented with a large number of buttons.
n.
The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.
n.
See Buttonwood.
v. t.
To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag.
n.
A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth.
v. i.
To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.
n.
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.
v. t.
To loose the buttons of; to unfasten.
n.
The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
n.
To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Button
n. pl.
Trousers or overalls of thick cloth or leather, buttoned on the outside of each leg, and generally worn to protect other trousers when riding on horseback.
n.
A wooden pin tapering toward both ends with a groove around its middle, fixed transversely in the eye of a rope to be secured to any other loop or bight or ring; a kind of button or frog capable of being readily engaged and disengaged for temporary purposes.
n.
A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery.