Word: buttonhook
Category: buttonhook
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Translations: buttonhook
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spanish
Translations:
abrochador, abotonador
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german
Translations:
Stiefelknöpfer
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french
Translations:
Buttonhook
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italian
Translations:
allacciascarpe, allacciaguanti
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portuguese
Translations:
abotoadeira
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dutch
Translations:
Knoophaak
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russian
Translations:
крючок
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greek
Translations:
κουμπωτήρι
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lithuanian
Translations:
kabliukas užsegti, užsegti
The meaning and "use of": buttonhook
noun
- a small hook with a long handle for fastening tight buttons (often formerly on buttoned boots or gloves). - A combination buttonhook and zipper puller having a tapered elongated portion can be inserted in buttonholes of different sizes to grasp buttons of different sizes for buttoning.
- a play in which a pass receiver runs straight downfield and then doubles back sharply toward the line of scrimmage. - This helps make #2's buttonhook all the more effective.
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