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Definition of buttinsky in English: buttinskynounbʌˈtɪnskibətˈinskē North American informal An interfering person. 〈北美，非正式〉爱管闲事的人；好事者 Example sentencesExamples - Esther is also a self-absorbed buttinsky, the kind that manages to ruin just about every family gathering and certainly doesn't make an exception of this one.
- To his critics, he is an anachronistic, dangerous buttinsky, motivated more by ego than civic good.
- What you do about your name is your choice, but the buttinskies of the world are going to have something to say about it whatever you choose.
- I am trying so hard not to be a buttinsky, but do you think there's some way I can encourage them in a direction I know would be rewarding for them?
- She's the perfect wife for them to play him off of, being the ultimate buttinsky that she is.
- And judging by the recent drop in downtown condo sales, the buttinskies might have a point.
- But the adults kept on asking, and for a long time in pubescence, Skeeter would tell these buttinskies she was going to ‘be’ a nurse.
- Other buttinskies are individuals with a strong need to ‘fix things.’
- This is where I became the buttinsky neighbor.
- This guy has a son in your troop and he's just there because they either needed a troop leader or because he's a buttinsky and didn't think the existing troop leaders were doing a good job.
- The overreaching buttinskies in the federal regulatory bureaucracy learned that they made a grievous error in mandating air bags in all vehicles.
- This is my prerogative, assumed due to my advancing age and vast experience of buttinskies.
- They don't want to wait either, but most buttinskies don't care, because they know people generally won't say anything.
- As to what it means, Holly is a capable lady; she can figure it out with no input from us buttinskies.
- Don't want to be a buttinsky or pushy but I'm all about helping.
- It can be tempting to add your two cents as your husband is telling you yet another story about his controlling, manipulative, buttinsky mother.
Synonyms meddler, interferer, mischief-maker, troublemaker, gossip, scandalmonger, muckraker, eavesdropper, intruder, ghoul, gawker
OriginEarly 20th century: from butt in (see butt1) and -ski, formed in humorous imitation of the final element in many Russian names. Definition of buttinsky in US English: buttinskynounbətˈinskē North American informal A person who habitually butts in; an intruder or meddler. Example sentencesExamples - Don't want to be a buttinsky or pushy but I'm all about helping.
- This guy has a son in your troop and he's just there because they either needed a troop leader or because he's a buttinsky and didn't think the existing troop leaders were doing a good job.
- They don't want to wait either, but most buttinskies don't care, because they know people generally won't say anything.
- What you do about your name is your choice, but the buttinskies of the world are going to have something to say about it whatever you choose.
- The overreaching buttinskies in the federal regulatory bureaucracy learned that they made a grievous error in mandating air bags in all vehicles.
- This is where I became the buttinsky neighbor.
- Esther is also a self-absorbed buttinsky, the kind that manages to ruin just about every family gathering and certainly doesn't make an exception of this one.
- To his critics, he is an anachronistic, dangerous buttinsky, motivated more by ego than civic good.
- I am trying so hard not to be a buttinsky, but do you think there's some way I can encourage them in a direction I know would be rewarding for them?
- This is my prerogative, assumed due to my advancing age and vast experience of buttinskies.
- And judging by the recent drop in downtown condo sales, the buttinskies might have a point.
- She's the perfect wife for them to play him off of, being the ultimate buttinsky that she is.
- But the adults kept on asking, and for a long time in pubescence, Skeeter would tell these buttinskies she was going to ‘be’ a nurse.
- It can be tempting to add your two cents as your husband is telling you yet another story about his controlling, manipulative, buttinsky mother.
- Other buttinskies are individuals with a strong need to ‘fix things.’
- As to what it means, Holly is a capable lady; she can figure it out with no input from us buttinskies.
Synonyms meddler, interferer, mischief-maker, troublemaker, gossip, scandalmonger, muckraker, eavesdropper, intruder, ghoul, gawker
OriginEarly 20th century: from butt in (see butt) and -ski, formed in humorous imitation of the final element in many Russian names. |