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buttinsky
noun butt·in·sky \bət-ˈin-skē\
plural butt·in·skies
Definition of BUTTINSKY
: a person given to butting in : a troublesome meddler
Variants of BUTTINSKY
butt·in·sky also butt·in·ski \bət-ˈin-skē\
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Origin of BUTTINSKY
butt in + -sky, -ski (last element in Slavic surnames)
First Known Use: 1902
Related to BUTTINSKY
- Synonyms
- busybody (also buttinski), interferer, interloper, intermeddler, intruder, kibitzer (also kibbitzer), meddler, nosey parker [chiefly British]
Rhymes with BUTTINSKY
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