Meaning

3 senses
  1. (historical)A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.

    a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole

  2. A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.

  3. A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.

    гапли́кhaplýk

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
A hook used to pull thread through a button's holes:

Origin

From button + hook.

From button + hook.

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Forms

plural: buttonhooks
Singularbuttonhook
Pluralbuttonhooks

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
buttonhook — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto