noun
- a person who interferes in other people’s business or conversations without being asked
Usage: informal; sometimes considered mildly offensive
Examples
- Don’t be such a buttinsky – this conversation doesn’t concern you.
- The neighborhood buttinsky always knows everyone’s personal business.
- She called him a buttinsky for interrupting their private discussion.
- Nobody likes a buttinsky who gives unsolicited advice.
- He’s such a buttinsky, always sticking his nose where it doesn’t belong.
- The office buttinsky listened in on every phone call.