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Meaning:

Noun:

  • botany A bud.
  • A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. from the mid-13th c.
  • A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
  • curling The center (bullseye) of the house.
  • fencing The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
  • graphical user interface An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
  • poker A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also ''dealer's '''button'''''.
  • poker The player who is last to act, who possesses the button.
  • slang The clitoris.
  • US A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.

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Verb:

  • from the late 14th c.

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