buttonhole en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbʌtənˌhoʊl/ (General-American)
- (US) audio
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.
Meanings
- A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
- (UK) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
- (UK, attributive) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration. ▸ So shaped that it can be worn on a buttonhole or it is similar to a buttonhole.
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A small slotlike cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
The usual cause of conjunctival buttonholes is penetration of the tissue by the tip of a sharp instrument […]
2011, George L. Spaeth, Helen Danesh-Meyer, Ivan Goldberg, Ophthalmic Surgery: Principles and Practice E-Book, page 220:
- The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
- (obsolete) The vagina, a coin slot.
- (qualifier:lightly vulgar) The butthole (anus).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| buttonholes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| button-hole | alternative | lexicographic | |
| button hole | alternative | lexicographic |
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Synonyms
beaver · tradesman's entrance · squish mitten · clacker · quim · bootyhole · snapper · twinkle · anus · rear exit · muff · poop chute · bearded clam · twat · bonne bouche · chocolate channel · tooter · sugar walls · keister · juice box · gash · cooter · balloon knot · asspussy · sausage wallet · berk · pee-pee · cunt · coochie · butthole · gump stump · batty · bung-hole · vertical smile · poontang · vadge · fudge tunnel · browneye · tewel · pooper · kitty · cooch · punani · foo-foo · dinger · innie · craphole · arsehole · ass · clacka · front hole · whisker biscuit · farthole · trap · fanny · la-la · cookie · asshole · donut hole · slit · hoo-ha · chocolate starfish · wizard's sleeve · chuff · fuckhole · fourth point of contact · poophole · windpipe · girl · honeypot · front bottom · vulva · moocha · wazoo · asscunt · ding · Vicky · nonny · Victoria · pink bits · bumhole · love tunnel · clunge · kebab · snatch · cinnamon ring · cornhole · rusty sheriff's badge · dung funnel · bush · stench trench · fartbox · rosebud · monosyllable · va-jay-jay · boutonniere · fundament · buttonhole · batty hole · Gary Glitter · wee-wee · love box · crack · rectum · brown eye · leather cheerio · box · Grand Canyon · bum · ying-yang · bottom · axe wound · vag · dock · Virginia · cavern · turd cutter · cunny · jacksie · pump · freckle · strange · pink · bunghole · vaginer · where the sun don't shine · cooze · penis fly trap · pussy · vagina · love hole · back door · fish lips · ginch · boutonniere · tuppence · back alley · other end · minge · bun · muffin · front bum · Hershey highway · smelly freckle · minnie · a-hole · dookie hole · starfish · sheath · ringpiece · back passage · coin slot · shithole · vent · arse · shitter · cumhole · crevice · exit hole · stinkhole · sluthole · jacksy · bungus
Translations (95)
nb knapphullsblomst (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · pdt Knooploch (hole for a button) · sh ѝлика (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · sc traùccu (hole for a button) · sh kȍv (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · yi קנאָפּלאָך (hole for a button) · pa ਕਾਜ (hole for a button) · sh zȃmčica (hole for a button) · ru петля́ (hole for a button) · pl dziurka od guzika (hole for a button) · sh ѝлика (hole for a button) · mk илик (hole for a button) · sh о̏мча (hole for a button) · gl ollal (hole for a button) · sh ìlik (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · nl boutonnière (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · sc trau (hole for a button) · sdn traccu (hole for a button) · he חור כפתור (hole for a button) · fr boutonnière (hole for a button) · fa جا دکمه (hole for a button) · sh ко̏в (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · el κουμπότρυπα (hole for a button) · sh ìlika (hole for a button) · alt илмек (hole for a button) · nb knappholsblomst (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · da knaphulsblomst (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · hi काज (hole for a button) · fr boutonnière (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · de Knopfloch (hole for a button) · sc oyètte (hole for a button) · gd cneap-tholl (hole for a button) · is blóm í barm (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · nl knoopsgat (hole for a button) · sh ìlik (hole for a button) · nb knapphull (hole for a button) · es ojal (hole for a button) · nb knapphol (hole for a button) · mrw batawiyan (hole for a button) · hy լամբակ (hole for a button) · sc ayette (hole for a button) · ga poll cnaipe (hole for a button) · fa انگیله (hole for a button) · th รังดุม (hole for a button) · sh zȃmčica (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · alt илгиш (hole for a button) · is hnappagat (hole for a button) · cy twll botwm (hole for a button) · fi napinläpi (hole for a button) · sh ȍmča (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · ar عُرْوَة (hole for a button) · he אִבְקָה (hole for a button) · bcl ohal (hole for a button) · cmn 紐孔 /纽孔 (hole for a button) · mk илика (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · pt casa (hole for a button) · mk илика (hole for a button) · sh за̑мчица (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · cs knoflíková dírka (hole for a button) · gl ollete (hole for a button) · de Boutonniere (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · da knaphul (hole for a button) · is blóm í hnappagat (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · hu gomblyuk (hole for a button) · sh о̏мча (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · uk пете́лька (hole for a button) · sdc traoccu (hole for a button) · ru бутонье́рка (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · ru пе́тля (hole for a button) · gd toll-putain (hole for a button) · fi rintakukka (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · sh за̑мчица (hole for a button) · fo knapphol (hole for a button) · ru петли́ца (hole for a button) · nn knapphol (hole for a button) · bg или́к (hole for a button) · uk петля́ (hole for a button) · pl butonierka (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · eo butontruo (hole for a button) · pt botoeira (hole for a button) · it occhiello (hole for a button) · it asola (hole for a button) · pt casa de botão (hole for a button) · sh ѝлик (hole for a button) · fi napinreikä (hole for a button) · sh ȍmča (hole for a button) · sh ѝлик (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · sh ìlika (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · mk илик (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · bg петлица (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · sv knapphålsblomma (flower worn in the buttonhole for decoration) · ja ボタン穴 (hole for a button) · ca trau (hole for a button) · hy կոճականցք (hole for a button) · sv knapphål (hole for a button)