buttonhook

Meanings

Plural: buttonhooks

Noun

• a hook for pulling a button through a buttonhole
• A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
• A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
• A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.

Verb

• To perform the buttonhook play.