3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, n.
The hole or loop in which a button is caught.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Buttonhole \But"ton*hole`\, 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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
buttonhole
n : buttons are pushed through it [syn: {button hole}]
v : detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the
outer garments of as for political or economic favors
[syn: {lobby}]
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