(transitive) To fasten with a button. / (intransitive) To be fastened by a button or buttons. / (informal) To stop talking.

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

(idiomatic) Exactly, precisely.

simple past tense and past participle of button

with buttons fastened

present participle of button

A fastening with buttons.

plural of buttoning

One who buttons something. / Any device used to fasten buttons to a garment. / A manufacturer of buttons. / (slang, dated) A con man's apprentice.

Capable of being fastened with a button or buttons.