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butt in

butt in verb: to join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).

Verb

butt in (third-person singular simple present butts in, present participle butting in, simple past and past participle butted in)

  1. (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!
    • Forgive me for butting in.
  2. (informal, transitive) To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle, in violation of etiquette.

butt in meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Gujarati

butt in in Tamil

குறுக்கிடு, தலையிடு

butt in in Bengali

হস্তক্ষেপ করা

butt in in Malayalam

interrupt, break in, cut in
ഇടയിൽക്കയറിപ്പറയുക, ആവശ്യമില്ലാതെ നിർദ്ദേശിക്കുക, അനാവശ്യമായി ഇടപെടുക, ഇടപെടൽ നടത്തുക, ഇടയിൽച്ചാടുക, ചാടിക്കയറിപ്പറയുക

butt in in Gujarati

to butt in, especially where not wanted
વચ્ચે આવવું vaccě āvvũ
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butt in in Thai
ยุ่ง yûng

Antonyms of butt in

Forms of butt in

third-person singular presentbutts in
present participlebutting in
past participlebutted in
pastbutted in

Words formed from butt in

Questions about butt in

What does butt in mean?
Butt in means to join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).
What is butt in in Tamil?
Butt in in Tamil is குறுக்கிடு, தலையிடு. See Butt in meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is butt in?
Butt in is a verb.
What is the past tense of butt in?
The past tense of butt in is butted in.

Words near butt in in the dictionary

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  2. butt heads
  3. butt hinge
  4. butt hinges
  5. butt hurt
  6. butt in
  7. butt in a sling
  8. butt job
  9. butt jobs
  10. butt joint
  11. butt joints

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: butt in (page history and authors); butt in (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); butt in (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); butt in (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); વચ્ચે આવવું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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