buttonhole
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one.
- A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.
- 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.
- A small slot-like cut or incision, made for example by an accident with the scalpel.
- The mouth, nose or eyes of a tiny appearance.
- vagina, coin slot.
- The butthole (anus).
Verb
- To detain (a person) in conversation against their will.
- To cut one or more buttonholes (in).
- To sew by buttonhole stitch.
- To make a small slot-like incision in (intentionally or unintentionally).
- To apply a flowery formation in.
- To attain buttonhole-like formations on cutting.
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