panic button

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• panic button — panic .button n 1.) a button that you can press to call for help if you are being attacked 2.) press/push the panic button BrE to do something quickly without thinking enough about it, because something unexpected or dangerous has suddenly… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• panic button — panic ,button noun count an object that you press to send a signal to someone, for example the police, to tell them that you need help press/push the panic button INFORMAL to become very worried about something bad that happens and react suddenly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• panic button — ► NOUN ▪ a button for summoning help in an emergency …   English terms dictionary

• Panic button — A panic button can either be a button that triggers an alarm or a button that resets a MIDI musical instrument.AlarmExamples of alarm panic buttons are: * A button in a critical system (such as a nuclear weapons system) used to quickly activate… …   Wikipedia

• panic button — noun a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency the circuit is operated by a panic button when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button • Hypernyms: ↑push button, ↑push, ↑button * * * noun, pl ⋯ tons [count] : a… …   Useful english dictionary

• panic button — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms panic button : singular panic button plural panic buttons an object that you press to send a signal to someone, for example the police, to tell them that you need help • press/push the panic button informal to… …   English dictionary

• panic button — 1. an alarm button for use in an emergency, as to summon help. 2. Informal. push or hit or press the panic button, to give way to panic in a distressing situation. [allegedly first used in reference to emergency bell systems on World War II… …   Universalium

• panic button — n. to press, push the panic button * * * [ pænɪkˌbʌtn] push the panic button to press …   Combinatory dictionary

• panic button — /ˈpænɪk bʌtn/ (say panik butn) Colloquial –noun 1. an imaginary device said to be pressed when one gets flustered by an emergency: *Besides earthquakes, Nan feared storms the most. Lightning and thunder, her old favourites, never failed to… …  

• Panic Button Records — was a record label which was formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1997. It was co owned by Ben Weasel and John Jughead, both members of Screeching Weasel. In 1998 the label was purchased by Lookout! Records when Screeching Weasel resigned to Lookout!.… …   Wikipedia

• Panic Button (movie 2007) — PANNIC BUTTON Infobox Film name = Panic Button (Point of Entry 2007) image size = caption = director = Stephen Bridgewater Producer = Albert T. Dickerson III writer = Nathan Atkins starring = Holly Marie Combs Roark Critchlow Max Burkholder… …   Wikipedia