buttonhook — अंग्रेज़ी शब्दकोश

संज्ञा

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

   प्रयोग

   • ऐतिहासिक

   उदाहरण

   ‘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.

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

   उदाहरण

   Yet the Bears never set up the deep patterns with a turn-in or a buttonhook[…].

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

क्रिया

1. To perform the buttonhook play.

संज्ञा

1. a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole

   व्यापक अर्थ वाले शब्द

   hook