button-pressing
nounUK /ˈbʌtən ˌprɛsɪŋ/
US /ˈbʌtən ˌprɛsɪŋ/
The act of pushing a button on a machine or device.
Button-pressing is how you make the elevator go up.
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OTHER MEANINGS
2. The habit of annoying people on purpose by saying or doing things you know will upset them.
His constant button-pressing at meetings made everyone tired.
3. The job or activity of operating machines by pressing buttons.
The factory work was mostly button-pressing and watching screens.
4. In psychology, the action of pressing a button in an experiment to get a reward.
The rats learned button-pressing to receive food.