buttonhook
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Is buttonhook a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of buttonhook?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (now chiefly historical) A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.Examples: "‘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."historical
2. (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.Examples: "Yet the Bears never set up the deep patterns with a turn-in or a buttonhook[…]."
3. (sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
verb (English)
1. (American football) To perform the buttonhook play.
Definition source: Wiktionary