push button Meaning of "push button"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) an electrical switch operated by pressing

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Usage(s):

  1. Hoover urged De Forest to redeem himself with another invention: "That is the push button by which we could transmit our emotions instantly back to the broadcasters.
  2. Storeysix feet tall, broad-shouldered, mustached and amply goateedwas no "high-powered" executive, never had a push button on his desk.
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