buttinsky

noun butt·in·sky \bət-ˈin-skē\

plural butt·in·skies

Definition of BUTTINSKY

: a person given to butting in : a troublesome meddler

butt·in·sky also butt·in·ski \bət-ˈin-skē\

butt in + -sky, -ski (last element in Slavic surnames)

First Known Use: 1902

Synonyms: busybody (also buttinski), interferer, interloper, intermeddler, intruder, kibitzer (also kibbitzer), meddler, nosey parker [chiefly British]

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