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To join a conversation or situation in which one is not welcome or invited; to interject (connotes a rude or discourteous interruption).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, informal
Examples
- Hey, this is none of your business; don’t butt in!
- Forgive me for butting in.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To join a queue not at the end, but in the middle, in violation of etiquette.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
break into a conversation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her husband always chimes in, even when he is not involved in the conversation
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: chime in, cut in, put in, chisel in, barge in, break in
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interrupt, disrupt, break up, cut off
Narrower terms: interrupt, disrupt
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
намесвам се
(namesvam se)
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Dutch:
onderbreken
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Dutch:
zich moeien
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Dutch:
zich inmengen
— to join conversation when not welcome
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French:
ramener sa fraise
— to join conversation when not welcome
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French:
s’incruster
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Galician:
entrometer
— to join conversation when not welcome
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German:
unterbrechen
— to join conversation when not welcome
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German:
sich einmischen
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Italian:
intromettersi
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Māori:
kohiko
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Portuguese:
intrometer-se
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Portuguese:
meter o nariz onde não é chamado
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Portuguese:
meter o bedelho em
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Russian:
встрева́ть
(vstrevátʹ)
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Russian:
вкли́ниваться
(vklínivatʹsja)
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Russian:
вме́шиваться
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Spanish:
meter baza
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Swedish:
lägga sig i
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Thai:
ยุ่ง
(yûng)
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Turkish:
burnunu sokmak
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Turkish:
maydanoz olmak
— to join conversation when not welcome
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Galician:
coarse
— to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle
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Portuguese:
furar fila
— to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle
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Russian:
вкли́ниваться
— to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle
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Turkish:
kaynak yapmak
— to join a queue not at the end, but in the middle
