buttonhook

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. noun A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
3. noun A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
4. verb To perform the buttonhook play.

Similar words

buttonholer buttonhole stitch heddle hook hook drawhook hookling tenterhook tenter hook tenter-hook knop

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Word family

buttonhooked buttonhooking buttonhooks