"misbutton" meaning in English

See misbutton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: misbuttons [present, singular, third-person], misbuttoning [participle, present], misbuttoned [participle, past], misbuttoned [past]
Etymology: mis- + button Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|button}} mis- + button Head templates: {{en-verb}} misbutton (third-person singular simple present misbuttons, present participle misbuttoning, simple past and past participle misbuttoned)
  1. (transitive) To button wrongly. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-misbutton-en-verb-lCb6lKnB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mis-

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for misbutton meaning in English (1.2kB)

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