Buttinski
//bʌtˈɪnski// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of buttinsky (“one who interferes”). alt-of, alternative
"It is never pleasant for a man of sensibility to find himself regarded as a buttinski and a trailing arbutus, and it was thus, I could see at a g., that Wilbert Cream was pencilling me in."
- 2 Alternative spelling of buttinsky (“telecommunication device”). alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"It is never pleasant for a man of sensibility to find himself regarded as a buttinski and a trailing arbutus, and it was thus, I could see at a g., that Wilbert Cream was pencilling me in."
Etymology
From butt in + -ski.
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