noun

buttinsky

Buttinsky (noun) means one who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.

noun

One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.

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.

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Etymology

From butt in (“to join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited, interject”) + -sky (a variant of -ski (suffix added to a word, name, or phrase to invoke Russianness, Polishness, or a more general Slavicness)), humorously modelled after Russian surnames, and originally and often used in the form of a surname.

Rhymes for buttinsky

Kaminsky Stravinsky

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What is the meaning of buttinsky?

"buttinsky" (noun) means one who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.

What are the different meanings of buttinsky?

"buttinsky" has 2 main meanings: 1. One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody; 2. 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.