PANIC BUTTON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does panic button mean? 

• PANIC BUTTON (noun)
  The noun PANIC BUTTON has 1 sense:

1. a button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency

  Familiarity information: PANIC BUTTON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PANIC BUTTON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A button to push in order to summon help in case of an emergency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

when he saw that I was angry he hit the panic button

Hypernyms ("panic button" is a kind of...):

button; push; push button (an electrical switch operated by pressing)