A on and off or direct its flow.
A change.
A movable section of railroad track which allows the train to be directed down one of two destination tracks; point.
A slender woody plant stem used as a whip; a thin, flexible rod, associated with corporal punishment in the United States.
A command line notation allowing specification of optional behavior.
A programming construct that takes different actions depending on the value of an expression.
A networking device connecting multiple wires, allowing them to communicate simultaneously, when possible. Compare to the less efficient hub device that solely duplicates network packets to each wire.
A system of specialized relays, computer hardware, or other equipment which allows the interconnection of a calling party's telephone line with any called party's line.
One who is willing to take either a submissive or a dominant role in a sexual relationship.
To exchange.
To change (something) to the specified state using a switch.
To whip or hit with a switch.
To change places, tasks, etc.
To get angry suddenly; to quickly or unreasonably become enraged.
To swing or whisk.
To be swung or whisked.
To trim.
To turn from one railway track to another; to transfer by a switch; generally with off, from, etc.
To shift to another circuit.
Pertaining to riding with the front and back feet swapped round compared to one's normal position.
Pertaining to skiing backwards.
A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener. from the mid-13th c.
A mechanical device meant to be pressed with a finger in order to open or close an electric circuit or to activate a mechanism.
An on-screen control that can be selected as an activator of an attached function.
A badge worn on clothes, fixed with a pin through the fabric.
A bud.
The head of an unexpanded mushroom.
The clitoris.
The center (bullseye) of the house.
The soft circular tip at the end of a foil.
A plastic disk used to represent the person in last position in a poker game; also dealer's button.
The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
A person who acts as a decoy.
A raised pavement marker to further indicate the presence of a pavement marking painted stripe.
A methaqualone tablet (used as a recreational drug).
A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, such as a door.
A globule of metal remaining on an assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion.
A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.
A small white blotch on a cat's coat.
A unit of length equal to 1/12 of an inch.
The means for initiating a nuclear strike or similar cataclysmic occurrence.
In an instrument of the violin family, the near semi-circular shape extending from the top of the back plate of the instrument, meeting the heel of the neck.
synonym of endbutton.
synonym of adjuster.
The least amount of care or interest; a whit or jot.
The final joke at the end of a comedic act (such as a sketch, set, or scene).
To fasten with a button. from the late 14th c.
To be fastened by a button or buttons.
