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button-pusher

button-pusher is the alternative spelling of button pusher.

Meaning of button pusher

Noun

button pusher (plural button pushers)

  1. (idiomatic) Someone who pushes someone else's buttons: someone who goads, annoys, provokes, etc.
    • Near-synonyms: gadfly, goader, provocateur, provoker
  2. (derogatory, mildly, often) A low-skilled or unskilled worker: someone from whom one can expect little or nothing more than rote pushing of buttons (not showing, for example, critical thinking, insight, or leadership).
    • Bill has been working here for 4 years and is looking for ways to upskill. He says he doesn't want to be a button pusher forever.

Forms of button-pusher

pluralbutton-pushers

Questions about button-pusher

What is button-pusher the alternative spelling of?
Button-pusher is the alternative spelling of button pusher.

Words near button-pusher in the dictionary

  1. button-holes
  2. button-masher
  3. button-mashers
  4. button-mashing
  5. button-on
  6. button-pusher
  7. button-quail
  8. button-up
  9. button-ups
  10. buttonable
  11. buttonball

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