"butt in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-butt in.ogg Forms: butts in [present, singular, third-person], butting in [participle, present], butted in [participle, past], butted in [past]
Head templates: {{en-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). Tags: idiomatic, informal Derived forms: buttinski, buttinsky Translations (to join conversation when not welcome): намесвам се (namesvam se) (Bulgarian), onderbreken (Dutch), zich moeien (Dutch), zich inmengen (Dutch), ramener sa fraise [familiar] (French), s’incruster [familiar] (French), entrometer (Galician), unterbrechen (German), sich einmischen (German), intromettersi (Italian), kohiko (Maori), intrometer-se (Portuguese), meter o nariz onde não é chamado (Portuguese), meter o bedelho em (Portuguese), встрева́ть (vstrevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вкли́ниваться (vklínivatʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), вме́шиваться (alt: не в своё де́ло) [imperfective] (Russian), meter baza (Spanish), lägga sig i (Swedish), ยุ่ง (yûng) (Thai), burnunu sokmak (Turkish), maydanoz olmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-butt_in-en-verb-~qfClt5B Disambiguation of 'to join conversation when not welcome': 64 36
  2. (transitive) To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle. Tags: transitive Translations (to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle): coarse (Galician), furar fila (Portuguese), вкли́ниваться (alt: в о́чередь) [imperfective] (Russian), kaynak yapmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-butt_in-en-verb-quEWIVwF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 26 74 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of 'to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle': 9 91

Inflected forms

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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
          "word": "sich einmischen"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
          "word": "intromettersi"
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          "code": "pt",
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          "roman": "vklínivatʹsja",
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        "To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle."
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        "(transitive) To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle."
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "gl",
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          "sense": "to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle",
          "word": "coarse"
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle",
          "word": "furar fila"
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "word": "вкли́ниваться"
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          "_dis1": "9 91",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle",
          "word": "kaynak yapmak"
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      "roman": "namesvam se",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "намесвам се"
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      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "onderbreken"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "zich moeien"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "zich inmengen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
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      "word": "ramener sa fraise"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "entrometer"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "unterbrechen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "sich einmischen"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "intromettersi"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "kohiko"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "intrometer-se"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "meter o nariz onde não é chamado"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "meter o bedelho em"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vstrevátʹ",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
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      "word": "встрева́ть"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vklínivatʹsja",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вкли́ниваться"
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      "alt": "не в своё де́ло",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
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      "word": "вме́шиваться"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "meter baza"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "lägga sig i"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "yûng",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "ยุ่ง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "burnunu sokmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to join conversation when not welcome",
      "word": "maydanoz olmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle",
      "word": "coarse"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle",
      "word": "furar fila"
    },
    {
      "alt": "в о́чередь",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вкли́ниваться"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle",
      "word": "kaynak yapmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "butt in"
}

Download raw JSONL data for butt in meaning in English (6.3kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": vméšivatʹsja (ne v svojó délo) vs. не в своё де́ло",
  "path": [
    "butt in"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "butt in",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": vklínivatʹsja (v óčeredʹ) vs. в о́чередь",
  "path": [
    "butt in"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "butt in",
  "trace": ""
}

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