Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buttonhook

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: but-ton-hook
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.

noun

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

noun

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

verb

To perform the buttonhook play.

Example Sentences

"‘I'm sorry we are so late,’ he was saying. ‘We couldn't find a button-hook, so it took us a long time to button our boots.’"
"Hustlers used to sell shoes like that to the greenhorns fifty years ago with a buttonhook for a bonus."
"Yet the Bears never set up the deep patterns with a turn-in or a buttonhook[…]."

Etymology

From button + hook.

Inflected Forms

buttonhooks (plural) buttonhooks (present, singular) buttonhooking (participle, present) buttonhooked (participle, past) buttonhooked (past)

Questions

What does buttonhook mean?: A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
Where does buttonhook come from?: From button + hook.

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