button mash

English

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 depress a button on a control device, as in computer gaming.
    • 2017, Jake Walker, Proselytizing, page 31:
      Ronnie kept his eyes on the screen as his fingers button mashed the controls, but said he wasn't surprised.
    • 2023, Carmen Maria Machado, J. Robert Lennon, Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games:
      As a kid I button mashed my way through Super Smash Bros.
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