butt in en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).
Hey, this is none of your business; don’t butt in!
That spurt of rage took Bradly in the midriff before he could control it. He was standing over Podson with such eminent threat in his bristling beard that Podson said sulkily, "Oh, all right, I don't want to butt in, if you feel like that about it."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 125:Forgive me for butting in.
- (informal, transitive) To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle, in violation of etiquette.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| butted in | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| butted in | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| butts in | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| butting in | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
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Translations (26)
tr kaynak yapmak (to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle) · ru встрева́ть (to join conversation when not welcome) · ru вме́шиваться (to join conversation when not welcome) · mi kohiko (to join conversation when not welcome) · nl zich moeien (to join conversation when not welcome) · gl entrometer (to join conversation when not welcome) · de unterbrechen (to join conversation when not welcome) · nl onderbreken (to join conversation when not welcome) · pt meter o nariz onde não é chamado (to join conversation when not welcome) · sv lägga sig i (to join conversation when not welcome) · gl coarse (to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle) · pt furar fila (to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle) · th ยุ่ง (to join conversation when not welcome) · bg намесвам се (to join conversation when not welcome) · fr s’incruster (to join conversation when not welcome) · ru вкли́ниваться (to join conversation when not welcome) · nl zich inmengen (to join conversation when not welcome) · es meter baza (to join conversation when not welcome) · fr ramener sa fraise (to join conversation when not welcome) · ru вкли́ниваться (to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle) · tr burnunu sokmak (to join conversation when not welcome) · tr maydanoz olmak (to join conversation when not welcome) · pt meter o bedelho em (to join conversation when not welcome) · it intromettersi (to join conversation when not welcome) · de sich einmischen (to join conversation when not welcome) · pt intrometer-se (to join conversation when not welcome)