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button mashing

button mashing noun: the act of repeatedly pressing random buttons on a video game controller in hopes of executing attacks and/or other various motions found in video games. Also the present participle and gerund of button mash.

Noun

button mashing (countable and uncountable, plural button mashings)

  1. The act of repeatedly pressing random buttons on a video game controller in hopes of executing attacks and/or other various motions found in video games.

Also used as

button mashing is also the present participle and gerund of button mash.

Forms of button mashing

pluralbutton mashings
alternative formbutton-mashing

Questions about button mashing

What does button mashing mean?
Button mashing means the act of repeatedly pressing random buttons on a video game controller in hopes of executing attacks and/or other various motions found in video games.
What part of speech is button mashing?
Button mashing is a noun.
What is the plural of button mashing?
The plural of button mashing is button mashings.

Words near button mashing in the dictionary

  1. button mash
  2. button mashed
  3. button masher
  4. button mashers
  5. button mashes
  6. button mashing
  7. button men
  8. button mushroom
  9. button mushrooms
  10. button nose
  11. button noses

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