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- [buht in]
- /bʌt ɪn/
- /bʌt ɪn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [buht in]
- /bʌt ɪn/
Definitions of butt in words
- phrasal verb butt in If you say that someone is butting in, you are criticizing the fact that they are joining in a conversation or activity without being asked to. 3
- noun butt in to mix into (another's business, a conversation, etc.) 3
- verb with object butt in to strike or push with the head or horns. 1
- verb without object butt in to strike or push something or at something with the head or horns. 1
- verb without object butt in to project. 1
- verb without object butt in Machinery. (of wheels in a gear train) to strike one another instead of meshing. 1
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Origin of butt in
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle Englishbutten < Anglo-French buter, Old French boter to thrust, strike < Germanic; compare Middle Dutch botten to strike, sprout
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Butt in
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
butt in popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
butt in usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for butt in
verb butt in
- barge in — If you barge in or barge in on someone, you rudely interrupt what they are doing or saying.
- bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
- cut in — If you cut in on someone, you interrupt them when they are speaking.
- disturb — to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- interject — to insert between other things: to interject a clarification of a previous statement.
noun butt in
- tush — tushie.
- backside — Your backside is the part of your body that you sit on.
- behind — If something is behind a thing or person, it is on the other side of them from you, or nearer their back rather than their front.
- bottom — The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it.
- bum — Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
See also
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