buttonhook
English
noun
Definitions
- (sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
- A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
- (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
Etymology
Compound from English button + English hook (qualifier).
Origin
English
hook
Gloss
qualifier
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- armhook English
- baithook English
- belly button English
- bellybutton English
- billhook English
- boathook English
- boothook English
- breasthook English
- bullhook English
- butthook English
- button English
- buttonable English
- buttonball English
- buttonbush English
- buttoner English
- buttonfront English
- buttonize English
- buttonless English
- buttonlike English
- buttonmaker English
- buttonmaking English
- buttonmould English
- buttonologist English
- buttonology English
- buttonquail English
- buttonweed English
- buttonwillow English
- buttonwood English
- buttony English
- coathook English
- dehook English
- eyehook English
- firehook English
- fishhook English
- fleshhook English
- foothook English
- forehook English
- grapplehook English
- heddle hook English
- hook English
- hook maneuver English
- hookable English
- hookbill English
- hooked English
- hooker English
- hookest English
- hooketh English
- hookgun English
- hookkeeper English
- hookless English
- hooklet English
- hooklike English
- hookman English
- hooknose English
- hookset English
- hookswitch English
- hookthorn English
- hooktip English
- hooktop English
- hookworm English
- keybutton English
- microhook English
- misbutton English
- nuthook English
- pothook English
- pre-hook English
- pushbutton English
- rebutton English
- rehook English
- shavehook English
- sheephook English
- shithook English
- skyhook English
- switchhook English
- tailhook English
- tenterhook English
- unbutton English
- unhook English
- webhook English
- wolf hook English
- hukki Finnish
- Button German
- bouton French
- хук Russian
- フック Japanese
- boton Middle English
- hoke Middle English
- butono Esperanto
- बटन Hindi
- 버튼 Korean
- baten Tok Pisin
- huk Tok Pisin
- hukim Tok Pisin
- pwachen Chuukese
- hook
- hooked
- dehook
- button
- hooker
- rehook
- unhook
- hooklet
- eyehook
- hookgun
- hooketh
- pothook
- buttony
- webhook
- skyhook
- hookset
- hookest
- nuthook
- armhook
- hookman
- hooktop
- hooktip
- hookbill
- billhook
- shithook
- buttoner
- pre-hook
- unbutton
- butthook
- tailhook
- bullhook
- hooknose
- fishhook
- boothook
- boathook
- baithook
- coathook
- hookless
- forehook
- firehook
- foothook
- hooklike
- rebutton
- hookable
- hookworm
- microhook
- buttonize
- wolf hook
- misbutton
- sheephook
- keybutton
- fleshhook
- shavehook
- hookthorn
- buttonball
- buttonlike
- tenterhook
- switchhook
- pushbutton
- hookswitch
- buttonbush
- buttonable
- buttonwood
- hookkeeper
- buttonweed
- buttonless
- breasthook
- heddle hook
- buttonmould
- buttonfront
- buttonquail
- buttonology
- buttonmaker
- bellybutton
- grapplehook
- buttonmaking
- belly button
- buttonwillow
- hook maneuver
- buttonologist