Usually means: Curved tool for fastening buttons.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word buttonhook:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. buttonhook: Merriam-Webster
  2. buttonhook: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. buttonhook: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. buttonhook: Collins English Dictionary
  5. buttonhook: Vocabulary.com
  6. buttonhook: Wordnik
  7. buttonhook: Wiktionary
  8. buttonhook: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. buttonhook: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. buttonhook: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. buttonhook: Dictionary.com
  12. Buttonhook: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. buttonhook: Rhymezone
  14. buttonhook: FreeDictionary.org
  15. buttonhook: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. buttonhook: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. buttonhook: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Buttonhook: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See buttonhooks as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (buttonhook)

noun:  (sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button.
noun:  A hook for pulling the buttons of gloves and shoes through the buttonholes.
noun:  (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage.
verb:  (American football) To perform the buttonhook play.

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