butt in

Questions about butt in

What does butt in mean?

butt in means "break into a conversation".

What is another word for butt in?

Close synonyms include chime in, cut in, put in, chisel in, barge in. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is butt in a common word?

butt in is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.