noun Date: 1870 a hook for drawing small buttons through buttonholes, an offensive play in football in which the pass receiver runs straight downfield and then abruptly cuts back toward the line of scrimmage, ~ intransitive verb
BUTTONHOOK
Meaning of BUTTONHOOK in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012