buttinsky
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- Words With Friends
- 20
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Definition of buttinsky
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(derogatory, informal)One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
“I wish I had never met that nosy buttinsky!”
“Well, all right then! If you think I'm a buttinsky, then I'll just butt in!”
“"Shut up, Garrett. I never," said Mr. Tallboy, extricating himself from Garrett's grasp and giving him a playful punch in the wind, "in my life, met with such a bunch of buttinskis as you are in this department. Nothing is sacred to you, not even a man's business correspondence."”
“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.”
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noun
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(derogatory, informal)One who is prone to butt in, interrupt, or get involved where they are not welcome; a busybody.
“I wish I had never met that nosy buttinsky!”
“Well, all right then! If you think I'm a buttinsky, then I'll just butt in!”
“"Shut up, Garrett. I never," said Mr. Tallboy, extricating himself from Garrett's grasp and giving him a playful punch in the wind, "in my life, met with such a bunch of buttinskis as you are in this department. Nothing is sacred to you, not even a man's business correspondence."”
“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.”
- (informal)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.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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.
Words you can make from buttinsky
134 playable · top: STINKY (13 pts)
Best play stinky 13 points6-letter words
3 words5-letter words
26 words- KITTY 12 pts
- TUSKY 12 pts
- BUNKS 11 pts
- BITSY 10 pts
- BITTY 10 pts
- BUSTY 10 pts
- BUTTY 10 pts
- KNITS 9 pts
- SKINT 9 pts
- STINK 9 pts
- STUNK 9 pts
- NITTY 8 pts
- NUTSY 8 pts
- NUTTY 8 pts
- TIYNS 8 pts
- TYINS 8 pts
- UNITY 8 pts
- BINTS 7 pts
- BITTS 7 pts
- BUNTS 7 pts
- BUTTS 7 pts
- STINT 5 pts
- STUNT 5 pts
- SUINT 5 pts
- TINTS 5 pts
- UNITS 5 pts
4-letter words
50 words- INKY 11 pts
- YUKS 11 pts
- BISK 10 pts
- BUNK 10 pts
- BUSK 10 pts
- BUSY 9 pts
- BUYS 9 pts
- INBY 9 pts
- INKS 8 pts
- KINS 8 pts
- KIST 8 pts
- KITS 8 pts
- KNIT 8 pts
- SINK 8 pts
- SKIN 8 pts
- SKIT 8 pts
- SUNK 8 pts
- TUSK 8 pts
- TINY 7 pts
- TIYN 7 pts
- TYIN 7 pts
- YINS 7 pts
- BINS 6 pts
- BINT 6 pts
- BITS 6 pts
- BITT 6 pts
- BUNS 6 pts
- BUNT 6 pts
- BUST 6 pts
- BUTS 6 pts
- BUTT 6 pts
- NIBS 6 pts
- NUBS 6 pts
- SNIB 6 pts
- SNUB 6 pts
- STUB 6 pts
- TUBS 6 pts
- NITS 4 pts
- NUTS 4 pts
- SNIT 4 pts
- STUN 4 pts
- SUIT 4 pts
- TINS 4 pts
- TINT 4 pts
- TITS 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
- TUNS 4 pts
- TUTS 4 pts
- UNIS 4 pts
- UNIT 4 pts
3-letter words
42 words- SKY 10 pts
- YUK 10 pts
- BUY 8 pts
- BYS 8 pts
- INK 7 pts
- KIN 7 pts
- KIS 7 pts
- KIT 7 pts
- SKI 7 pts
- SUK 7 pts
- TSK 7 pts
- STY 6 pts
- SYN 6 pts
- YIN 6 pts
- BIN 5 pts
- BIS 5 pts
- BIT 5 pts
- BUN 5 pts
- BUS 5 pts
- BUT 5 pts
- NIB 5 pts
- NUB 5 pts
- SIB 5 pts
- SUB 5 pts
- TUB 5 pts
- INS 3 pts
- ITS 3 pts
- NIT 3 pts
- NUS 3 pts
- NUT 3 pts
- SIN 3 pts
- SIT 3 pts
- SUN 3 pts
- TIN 3 pts
- TIS 3 pts
- TIT 3 pts
- TUI 3 pts
- TUN 3 pts
- TUT 3 pts
- UNI 3 pts
- UNS 3 pts
- UTS 3 pts
2-letter words
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