"button mash" meaning in All languages combined

See button mash on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: button mashes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} button mash (plural button mashes)
  1. A firm depression of a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.
    Sense id: en-button_mash-en-noun-TP5TsJKW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16

Verb [English]

Forms: button mashes [present, singular, third-person], button mashing [participle, present], button mashed [participle, past], button mashed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} button mash (third-person singular simple present button mashes, present participle button mashing, simple past and past participle button mashed)
  1. To depress a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.
    Sense id: en-button_mash-en-verb-GMKLRdMQ

Inflected forms

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