Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buttonhole

A hole through which a button is pushed to secure a garment or some part of one. / (chiefly Britain) A flower worn in a buttonhole for decoration.

(transitive, colloquial) To detain (a person) in conversation against their will. / (transitive, intransitive) To cut one or more buttonholes (in). / (transitive) To sew by buttonhole stitch.

present participle of buttonhole

The act of detaining someone in conversation against his or her will.

simple past tense and past participle of buttonhole

One who detains somebody in conversation against their will. / An attachment for a sewing machine which automates the side-to-side and forward-and-backward motions involved in sewing a buttonhole.

plural of buttonholer

plural of buttonholing

a looped stitch used for edging buttonholes or pieces of material