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button mash

button mash noun: a firm depression of a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.

Noun

button mash (plural button mashes)

  1. A firm depression of a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.

Verb

button mash (third-person singular simple present button mashes, present participle button mashing, simple past and past participle button mashed)

  1. To rapidly and haphazardly depress the buttons on a controller; to game without skill.
    • Ronnie kept his eyes on the screen as his fingers button mashed the controls, but said he wasn't surprised.2017, Jake Walker, Proselytizing, page 31
    • As a kid I button mashed my way through Super Smash Bros.2023, Carmen Maria Machado, J. Robert Lennon, Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games

Forms of button mash

Noun
pluralbutton mashes
alternative formbutton-mash
alternative formbuttonmash
Verb
third-person singular presentbutton mashes
present participlebutton mashing
past participlebutton mashed
pastbutton mashed

Questions about button mash

What does button mash mean?
Button mash means a firm depression of a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.
What part of speech is button mash?
Button mash can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of button mash?
The plural of button mash is button mashes.

Words near button mash in the dictionary

  1. button lock
  2. button locks
  3. button man
  4. button mangrove
  5. button mangroves
  6. button mash
  7. button mashed
  8. button masher
  9. button mashers
  10. button mashes
  11. button mashing

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