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B0583700 (bŭt′n)n.1. a. A generally disk-shaped fastener used to join two parts of a garment by fitting through a buttonhole or loop.b. Such an object used for decoration.2. Any of various objects resembling a button, especially:a. A push-button switch.b. The blunt tip of a fencing foil.c. A fused metal or glass globule.3. Computers a. In graphical user interface systems, a well-defined area within the interface that is clicked to select a command.b. In a hypertext database, an icon that when selected allows a user to view a particular associated object.4. Any of various knoblike structures of an organism, especially:a. An immature, unexpanded mushroom.b. The tip of a rattlesnake's rattle.5. A usually round flat badge that bears a design or printed information and is typically pinned to a garment: a campaign button.6. Informal The end of the chin, regarded as the point of impact for a punch.7. Games a. In card games, especially poker, a plastic disk or similar marker placed in front of the person who is designated as dealer for a particular hand. At the start of each hand, the first card is dealt to the left of the button and the dealing of cards continues clockwise around the table.b. The person who is in possession of this button.c. The position on the gaming table where this button is located.v. but·toned, but·ton·ing, but·tons v.tr.1. To fasten with buttons: buttoned his shirt; buttoned up her raincoat.2. To decorate or furnish with buttons.3. Informal To close (the lips or mouth): Button your lip.v.intr. To be or be capable of being fastened with buttons: The blouse buttons up the back.Phrasal Verb: button up1. To fasten one's clothing tightly, as against cold weather.2. To close or seal securely: button up the cabin for winter.3. To complete the final details of: "Publication is a couple of months off; they're just buttoning up paperback rights" (Donald Dale Jackson).Idiom: on the button Exactly; precisely.

[Middle English botoun, from Old French bouton, from bouter, to thrust, of Germanic origin; see bhau- in Indo-European roots.]

but′ton·er n.but′ton·y adj.

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Adj.	1.	on the button - being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion; "his guess was on the nose"; "the prediction for snow was right on the button"on the noseprecise - sharply exact or accurate or delimited; "a precise mind"; "specified a precise amount"; "arrived at the precise moment"
Adv.	1.	on the button - just as it should be; "`Precisely, my lord,' he said"on the dot, on the nose, exactly, precisely

on the button

1. Precisely accurate; exactly right. Her predictions about the company's collapse were completely on the button. Wow, your estimate was right on the button!2. At the exact time specified. True to his word, the detective arrived at 1:38 PM on the button.See also: button, on

on the button

exactly right; in exactly the right place; at exactly the right time. That's it! You're right on the button. He got here at one o'clock on the button.See also: button, on

on the button

Exactly right, precisely, as in Her review of the book was right on the button, or We're supposed to be there at six o'clock on the button. This term may come from boxing, where a punch on the button means "a punch on the chin." [Colloquial; c. 1900] Also see on the dot. See also: button, on

on the button

AMERICANIf you talk about a time or amount being on the button, you mean that it is exactly that time or amount. He'd say he'd meet us at 10.00 on the button. We double-counted it and it's 975,000 dollars on the button. Compare with right on the button.See also: button, on

on the button

1 punctually. 2 exactly right. informal, chiefly USSee also: button, on

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(informal, especially American English)
1 at exactly the right time or at the exact time mentioned: We arrived at 4 o’clock on the button.
2 exactly right: You’re on the button there!See also: button, on

on the button

and on the bean mod. exactly the right time or place; exactly the right amount. He was there on time, right on the button. That’s the correct total. You hit it right on the bean. See also: button, on

on the button

Exactly; precisely.See also: button, on

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adj being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion

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