BUTTONHOOK


Meaning of BUTTONHOOK in English

[but.ton.hook] n (1870) 1: a hook for drawing small buttons through buttonholes

2: an offensive play in football in which the pass receiver runs straight downfield and then abruptly cuts back toward the line of scrimmage -- buttonhook vi

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.