Usually means: Activates mechanism with simple press.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word push-button:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. push-button: Merriam-Webster
  2. push-button, push-button: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Push-Button, Push-button, push-button: Wordnik
  4. push-button: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. push-button: Wiktionary
  6. push-button: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. push-button: Dictionary.com
  8. Push-button: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. push-button: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. push-button: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. push-button: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Push-Button (offensive): Racial Slur Database

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Which can be initiated or activated at the push of a button.
noun:  An electrical switch activated by pressing a button.

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