button vs clout nail

button

noun
  • A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door. 

  • A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric. 

  • A bud. 

  • An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function. 

  • The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence. 

  • In an instrument of the violin family, the near-semicircular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck. 

  • Synonym of endbutton, part of a violin-family instrument. 

  • A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. 

  • Pedicle; the attachment point for antlers in cervids. 

  • A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism. 

  • The soft circular tip at the end of a foil. 

  • A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement-marking painted stripe. 

  • The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene). 

  • The center (bullseye) of the house. 

  • The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button. 

  • A small white blotch on a cat's coat. 

  • The end of a runway. 

  • Synonym of adjuster. 

  • The punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene. 

  • The head of an unexpanded mushroom. 

  • The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot. 

  • A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug). 

  • A button man; a professional assassin. 

  • A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button. 

  • The clitoris. 

  • A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass. 

  • The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle. 

  • A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. 

verb
  • To fasten with a button. 

  • To be fastened by a button or buttons. 

  • To stop talking. 

clout nail

noun
  • Any of various types of nails with large flat heads designed to fasten sheet metal to wood, fasten clouts to axletrees, etc., often clinched. 

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