Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    unterbrechen, sich einmischen

    встрева́тьvstrevátʹ, вкли́ниватьсяvklínivatʹsja, вме́шиваться

  2. (informal, transitive)To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle, in violation of etiquette.

    вкли́ниваться

More definitions
  • break into a conversation

Examples

25 sentences
  1. I never tried to butt in.

  2. Why do you always butt in?

    ruПочему ты постоянно встреваешь? — sharptoothed

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  3. Tom doesn't want Mary butting in.

  4. There were soggy cigarette butts in the can.

    deIn der Tonne waren feuchte Zigarettenstummel. — Yorwba

  5. Get your butt in the car.

    deSetz dich mit dem Hintern ins Auto! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to join conversation when not welcome:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to join conversation when not welcome:

Forms

butts in, butting in, butted in, butted in
Base formbutt in · to butt in
3rd person singularbutts in
Present participlebutting in
Past simplebutted in
Past participlebutted in

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybutt in
he, she, itbutts in

Past simpleLesson

all personsbutted in

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave butted in
he, she, ithas butted in

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill butt in

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedbuttinsky

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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