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1. (n.) buttonhole
the hole, slit, or loop through which a button is passed and by which it is secured.
2. (v.t.) buttonhole
to sew with a buttonhole stitch.
3. buttonhole
to make buttonholes in.
4. buttonhole
to accost and detain (someone) in conversation.
Etymology: (1555–65)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) buttonhole, button hole
a hole through which buttons are pushed
2. (verb) lobby, buttonhole
detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) buttonhole
the hole or loop in which a button is caught
2. (verb) buttonhole
to hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour
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Sense: the hole or slit into which a button is put.
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 Afrikaans: knoopsgat |
 Arabic: عُروه |
 Bulgarian: илик |
 Brazilian: casa de botão |
 Czech: knoflíková dírka |
 German: das Knopfloch |
 Danish: knaphul |
 Greek: κουμπότρυπα |
 Spanish: ojal |
 Estonian: nööpauk |
 Farsi: سوراخ دکمه |
 Finnish: napinläpi |
 French: boutonnière |
 Hebrew: אֶבֶק, לוּלָאָה |
 Hindi: बटन लगाने वाला छिद्र |
 Croatian: rupica za dugme |
 Hungarian: gomblyuk |
 Indonesian: lubang kancing |
 Icelandic: hnappagat |
 Italian: asola, occhiello |
 Japanese: ボタン穴 |
 Korean: 단추 구멍 |
 Lithuanian: sagos kilpa |
 Latvian: pogcaurums |
 Malay: lubang butang |
 Dutch: knoopsgat |
 Norwegian: knapphull |
 Polish: dziurka od guzika |
 Persian: سوراخ دکمه |
 Pashto: د دکمی سوری |
 Portuguese: casa de botão |
 Romanian: gaică, butonieră |
 Russian: петля |
 Slovak: gombíková dierka |
 Slovenian: gumbnica |
 Serbian: otvor za dugme |
 Swedish: knapphål |
 Thai: รังดุม |
 Turkish: düğme deliği, ilik |
 Taiwanese: 釦眼 |
 Ukrainian: петля |
 Urdu: بٹن لگانے کے سوراخ ، کاج |
 Vietnamese: khuyết áo |
 Chinese: 扣眼 |
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