buttonhole

buttonhole has 4 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 10.

Definitions

• n.. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
• v. t.. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.
• n.. a hole through which buttons are pushed
• v.. detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors