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buttinskys

buttinskys is the plural of buttinsky.

Meaning of buttinsky

Noun

buttinsky (plural buttinskys or buttinskies)

  1. (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!
  2. (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.
    Synonyms:
    butt set

Questions about buttinskys

What is buttinskys the plural of?
Buttinskys is the plural of buttinsky.

Words near buttinskys in the dictionary

  1. Buttington
  2. buttinski
  3. buttinskies
  4. buttinskis
  5. buttinsky
  6. buttinskys
  7. buttjob
  8. buttjobs
  9. Buttke
  10. Buttkes
  11. buttkicker

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Adapted from Wiktionary: buttinskys (page history and authors); buttinsky (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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