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button mash en · NOUN

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
button mashes	Number=Plur		lexicographic
button-mash		alternative	lexicographic
buttonmash		alternative	lexicographic

button mash en · VERB

Meanings

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

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
button mashes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
button mashing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
button mashed	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
button mashed	Tense=Past		lexicographic
button-mash		alternative	lexicographic
buttonmash		alternative	lexicographic