English Explanatory Dictionary

buttonhole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
  2. A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
  3. So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
  4. A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
  5. The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
  6. vagina, coin slot.
  7. The butthole (anus).
verb
  1. To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
  2. To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
  3. To sew by buttonhole stitch.
  4. To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
  5. To apply a flowery formation in.
  6. To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.

Pronunciation

/ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/ en-us-buttonhole.ogg

Word forms

buttonhole buttonholes button-hole button hole buttonholing buttonholed

Etymology

Originally buttonhold (“a loop of string to hold a button down”), but changed by folk etymology by influence of hole, By surface analysis, button + hole.

Synonyms

boutonniere axe wound bearded clam beaver berk bonne bouche box bun bush cavern clunge coin slot cooch coochie cookie cooter cooze crack crevice cunny cunt fanny fish lips foo-foo front bottom front bum front hole gash ginch girl Grand Canyon honeypot hoo-ha innie juice box kebab kitty la-la love box love tunnel minge minnie monosyllable moocha muff muffin nonny pee-pee penis fly trap pink pink bits poontang pump punani pussy quim sausage wallet sheath slit snapper

Related words

buttonhook

Derived words

buttonholer

Translations

Bulgarian: петлица Danish: knaphulsblomst Dutch: boutonnière Finnish: rintakukka French: boutonnière German: Boutonniere Icelandic: blóm í hnappagat Icelandic: blóm í barm Macedonian: илик Macedonian: илика Norwegian Bokmål: knapphullsblomst Norwegian Bokmål: knappholsblomst Polish: butonierka Russian: бутонье́рка Serbo-Croatian: ѝлик Serbo-Croatian: ѝлика Serbo-Croatian: за̑мчица Serbo-Croatian: ко̏в Serbo-Croatian: о̏мча Serbo-Croatian: ìlik Serbo-Croatian: ìlika Serbo-Croatian: zȃmčica Serbo-Croatian: kȍv Serbo-Croatian: ȍmča Swedish: knapphålsblomma
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