buttonhole

n.

1. A small slit in a garment or piece of fabric for fastening a button.
2. Chiefly British. A boutonniere.

v.tr., -holed, -hol·ing, -holes.

1. To make a buttonhole in.
2. To sew with a buttonhole stitch.
3. To accost and detain (a person) in conversation by or as if by grasping the person's outer garments: "He was also frequently buttonholed by White House lobbyists . . . who seemed to be permanently assigned to shadow the burly Democrat" (Terence Moran).

[V., sense 3, probably alteration of button-hold.]

buttonholer but'ton·hol'er n.

(bŭt'n-hōl')
n.

1. A short straight surgical cut made through the wall of a cavity or canal.
2. The contraction of an orifice down to a narrow slit, as in mitral stenosis.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a hole through which buttons are pushed
  Synonym: button hole

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The verb buttonhole has one meaning:

Meaning #1: detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors
  Synonym: lobby

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - knaphul
v. tr. - lave knaphuller i

Nederlands (Dutch)
knoopsgat, bloempje in knoopsgat, aanklampen, voorzien van knoopsgaten

Français (French)
n. - boutonnière, fleur à la boutonnière
v. tr. - aborder, (fig) accrocher, (Cout) faire du point de boutonnière sur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Knopfloch, Ansteckblume
v. - (ugs.) zu fassen kriegen, (ugs.) sich schnappen, mit Knopflöchern versehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ράβω κουμπότρυπες, (μτφ.) στριμώχνω, πιάνω (κάποιον) μονότερμα στην κουβέντα
n. - κουμπότρυπα, μπουτονιέρα

Italiano (Italian)
attaccare bottone, fiore all'occhiello, occhiello

Português (Portuguese)
v. - casear, pegar de prosa (coloq.)
n. - casa (f) de botão

Русский (Russian)
заговорить с, бутоньерка, петелька

Español (Spanish)
n. - presilla, punto de ojal, ojal
v. tr. - hacer ojales, enganchar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - få tag i, förse med knapphål, hejda
n. - knapphål

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
钮扣孔, 在...上开纽孔, 强留谈, 锁

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 鈕扣孔
v. tr. - 在...上開紐孔, 強留談, 鎖

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 단추 구멍
v. tr. - ~의 단추 구멍을 감치다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ボタン穴, ボタン穴に挿す花
v. - ボタン穴を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) عروة, فتحه الزر, أمسك بتلابيبه, أوقفه للتحدث معه (الاسم) زهرة توضع في عروة الصدر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮לולאה, פרח (הנעוץ בבגד), חריר לכפתור‬
v. tr. - ‮תפס בביגדו, אילץ להקשיב‬

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