button mash

noun

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

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Meanings

nounbutton mash (plural button mashes)

plural button mashes · alternative button-mash · alternative buttonmash

  1. A firm depression of a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.
verbbutton mash (third-person singular simple present button mashes, present participle button mashing, simple past and past participle button mashed)

present singular third person button mashes · participle present button mashing · participle past button mashed · past button mashed · alternative button-mash · alternative buttonmash

  1. gamesTo rapidly and haphazardly depress the buttons on a controller; to game without skill.

    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
    1 more example

    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
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APA

button mash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/button%20mash

MLA

“button mash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/button%20mash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “button mash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/button%20mash.

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