Definition of push-button
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: operated or done by means of push buttons
a push-button phone
2
: using or dependent on complex and more or less self-operating mechanisms that are put in operation by a simple act comparable to pushing a button
push-button warfare
push button
nounDefinition of push button (Entry 2 of 2)
: a small button or knob that when pushed operates something especially by closing an electric circuit
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The first known use of push-button was circa 1874
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