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buttonholing

buttonholing is a 12-letter English word with 2 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of detaining someone in conversation, especially against their will. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 23 · 2 senses

Definitions

  1. 1noun

    The act of detaining someone in conversation, especially against their will.

  2. 2verb

    Present participle of buttonhole; to sew a buttonhole or to accost and detain.

Common word forms

buttonhole

Words from these letters

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