Search results for 'button':

button noun 1 a small round piece of metal or plastic, etc sewn on to a piece of clothing, which fastens it by being passed through a buttonhole. 2 (sometimes push button) a small round disc pressed to operate a door or bell, etc • Press the button to call the lift. 3 a small round object worn as decoration or a badge. 4 any small round object more or less like a button. 5 anything of small value • His word is not worth a button. verb (buttoned, buttoning) 1 (usually button something up) to fasten or close it using a button or buttons. 2 intrans to be capable of being fastened with buttons or a button • This dress buttons at the back. buttoned up slang 1 successfully arranged; safely in one's possession. 2 (especially buttoned up about something) said of a person: unwilling to talk about it; uncommunicative. on the button colloq exactly right or correct; spot on.
ETYMOLOGY: 14c as botoun: from French bouton any small projection, from bouter to push.