English Explanatory Dictionary

buttinsky

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Pronunciation

/bʌˈtɪnski/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-buttinsky.wav [-ˈɾɪn-]

Word forms

buttinsky buttinskys buttinskies buttinski

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.

Synonyms

butterinsky kibitzer meddler nosey parker stickybeak yenta butt set

Related words

butterinsky back-seat driver encroacher gatecrasher interloper intruder marplot peeping tom persona non grata snoop snooper
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