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.