buttinski

English

Etymology

From butt in +‎ -ski.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bʌtˈɪnski/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /bʌtˈɪnski/, [bʌɾ-]
• Hyphenation: butt‧in‧ski

Noun

buttinski (plural buttinskis)

1. Alternative spelling of buttinsky (“one who interferes”).
   • 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter V, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC, page 50:

     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”).