单词 | buttonhook |
释义 | buttonhookn. 1. An implement for fastening the buttons of boots, gloves, etc., typically consisting of a small metal hook with a long, often decorative, handle. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > fastening > button hook buttoner1611 buttonhook1788 society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > types of tools generally > [noun] > hooked awelOE crookc1290 gaffa1300 kroket1426 crotchetc1430 cromec1440 buttonhook1788 claw1815 box hook1852 hook1869 window pole1888 1788 Felix Farley's Bristol Jrnl. 22 Mar. Open and clasp button-hooks. 1856 Fraser's Mag. Apr. 426/1 There were all his clothes, his hair-brush, his button-hook, his wig, and..an instrument for curling his whiskers! 1872 Little Rock (Arkansas) Daily Republican 9 Nov. A neat little gilt button-hook, with a tortoise-shell or agate handle, is now carried by ladies as a glove-fastener. 1929 Manch. Guardian 11 Nov. 8/4 The boot..necessitated button-hooks and laces and a whole ceremonial in putting on and taking off. 1994 All about Shoes 56/1 A century ago, a buttonhook was an essential piece of shoe equipment, especially for women. 2. American Football. A passing play in which a receiver runs straight downfield and then doubles back sharply towards the line of scrimmage to receive the pass. Frequently (and in earliest use) attributive, esp. in buttonhook pass. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > American football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres rush1857 punt-out1861 goal-kicking1871 safety1879 safety touchdown1879 scrimmage1880 rushing1882 safety touch1884 touchback1884 forward pass1890 run1890 blocking1891 signal1891 fake1893 onside kick1895 tandem-play1895 pass play1896 spiral1896 shift1901 end run1902 straight-arm1903 quarterback sneak1904 runback1905 roughing1906 Minnesota shift1910 quarterbacking1910 snap-back1910 pickoff1912 punt return1914 screen forward pass1915 screen pass1920 power play1921 sneak1921 passback1922 snap1922 defence1923 reverse1924 carry1927 lateral1927 stiff-arm1927 zone1927 zone defence1927 submarine charge1928 squib1929 block1931 pass rushing1933 safetying1933 trap play1933 end-around1934 straight-arming1934 trap1935 mousetrap1936 buttonhook1938 blitzing1940 hand-off1940 pitchout1946 slant1947 strike1947 draw play1948 shovel pass1948 bootleg1949 option1950 red dog1950 red-dogging1951 rollout1951 submarine1952 sleeper pass1954 draw1956 bomb1960 swing pass1960 pass rush1962 blitz1963 spearing1964 onsides kick1965 takeaway1967 quarterback sack1968 smash-mouth1968 veer1968 turn-over1969 bump-and-run1970 scramble1971 sack1972 nose tackle1975 nickel1979 pressure1981 1938 Moorhead (Minnesota) Daily News 31 Aug. 4/3 During recess one coach told of the ‘button hook’ forward pass and the ‘intentional boomerang’ forward pass. 1947 Republican-Courier (Findlay, Ohio) 6 Sept. 13/2 Ratterman tossed a buttonhook pass to Alton Coppage for the touchdown. 1950 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 27 Nov. 18 Curtis is a master of the Z's and S's, the buttonhooks and the down-and-outs. 1981 W. J. Baker in W. J. Baker & J. M. Carroll Sports in Mod. Amer. vii. 45 He [sc. Rockne] and Dorais accidentally discovered the effective ‘buttonhook’ play. 2015 Maxim Sept. 74/2 Know when to risk it all and head deep or when to run that buttonhook for short gain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1788 |
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