buttonhook

English

Etymology

button +‎ hook

Noun

buttonhook (plural buttonhooks)

1. (sewing) A hook used to pull thread through the holes of a button
2. (American football) A play in which the receiver runs straight downfield, then turns back toward the line of scrimmage
   • 1988 January 15, Ted Cox, “The Sports Section”:

     Yet the Bears never set up the deep patterns with a turn-in or a buttonhook […]