| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| buttinsky |
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| SYLLABICATION: | butt·in·sky |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b t- n sk |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or butt·in·ski |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. butt·in·skies also butt·in·skys or butt·in·skis
Slang One who is prone to butting in; a meddler. | | ETYMOLOGY: | butt1 + in1 + -sky, last syllable in many Slavic surnames.
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