English

Alternative forms

• buttinski

Noun

buttinsky ‎(plural buttinskys or buttinskies)

1. (informal, derisive, Canada, US) One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where (s)he is not welcome.
   • 1922, Sinclair Lewis, “20”, in Babbitt:

     "Well, all right then! If you think I'm a buttinsky, then I'll just butt in! […] "

   I wish I had never met that nosy buttinsky!‎

1. (telecommunications) (usually buttinski) A robust portable one-piece telephone instrument with clips, used by technicians and lines staff for testing telephone circuits or making a temporary connection to a telephone line.

Synonyms

• (one prone to butt in): busybody, backseat driver, kibitzer, meddler

See also

• gatecrasher, interloper, peeping tom, persona non grata, encroacher, nosy parker, marplot, intruder

See also

• butt in