buttonhook

== English == === Etymology === From button +‎ hook. === Noun === buttonhook (plural buttonhooks) (now chiefly historical) A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes. [from 18th c.] (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage. [from 20th c.] (sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === buttonhook (third-person singular simple present buttonhooks, present participle buttonhooking, simple past and past participle buttonhooked) (American football) To perform the buttonhook play.