button

About 17.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

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

2. noun A mechanical device designed 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. noun 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. noun 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. noun A bud.
6. noun The calyx of an orange.
7. noun The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
8. noun The clitoris.

Similar words

push button push clit clitoris cuff bottom key bar knob click

Often followed by

to on and in is of or for that

Word family

buttoned buttoner buttoners buttoning buttonless buttons