A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener.
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.
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
The clitoris.
A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
The final segment of a rattlesnake's rattle.
To fasten with a button.
To be fastened by a button or buttons.
To stop talking.
The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air supply to an engine.
To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.
To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
To control or adjust the speed of (an engine).
To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
To strangle or choke someone.