Reverse Dictionary: INTERRUPT

ADJECTIVES
► VARDY speaking so as to interrupt conversation → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► ABRUPTION an interruption; a sudden break, as in a narrative etc. → 1606 arch.
► CAESURA an interruption; a break, a stop → 1846
► FOFARRAW ► FOOFOORAW a loud interruption or disturbance; a commotion → 1974 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► OBROGATION an interrupting or hindering → 1658 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BUTTINSKI ► BUTTINSKY a person who interrupts or interferes; a meddler → 1902 Amer. dial.
► SNOUTBAND a person who rudely interrupts conversation → 1886 obs. (Bk.)

VERBS
► ABRUPT to interrupt suddenly → 1643 obs.
► BURST to interrupt, to put a sudden end to → 1842 poetic usage
► BUTT IN to interrupt or intrude; to meddle → 1899 Amer. sl.
► BUTT OUT to refrain from interrupting or intruding → 1906 Amer. sl.
► CATCH UP to interrupt, to stop → 1840
► CHIME IN to interrupt and intrude in a conversation or discussion; to give unasked-for advice or an opinion → 20C Amer. sl.
► COME ACROSS to interrupt → 1951 Amer. dial.
► COME IN WITH FIVE EGGS to interrupt or break in fussily with an idle story → 1541 obs.
► CROSS-TALK to interrupt a speaker or contradict him before he has finished → 1963 Amer. dial.
► CUT ACROSS to interrupt → 1970 Amer. dial.
► CUT UP SHORT to interrupt, to cut short → 1607 obs.
► DISTURVE to disturb, to interrupt → 1893 Eng. dial.
► FORBREAK to interrupt, to break through → c1250 obs.
► INTERTURB to disturb by interruption → 1554 obs.
► LET ALL HOLTS GO to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing → 1894 Amer. dial.
► LET LOOSE ALL HOLTS to suddenly interrupt or stop what one is doing → 1943 Amer. dial.
► LIP IN to interrupt → 1899 US sl.
► MAR to interrupt or stop a person, event, or thing → c1000 obs.
► MOZ to interrupt someone, to hinder; to jinx someone → c1920 Aust. sl.
► MOZZLE to interrupt, to hinder → 1920s Aust. sl.
► OBROGATE to interrupt or check one in his tale; to gainsay → 1656 obs.
► PICK UP FAG-ENDS to interrupt or overhear; esp. used as ‘don’t pick up fag-ends’ → 1910s sl.
► PRETERMIT to interrupt or cause to interrupted → 1539
► SPEAK IN A MAN’S CAST to interrupt, to speak during his part → 1580 obs.
► TAKE to interrupt, to check, to ‘pull up’ → 1637 Eng. dial.
► TAKE UP to interrupt in order to correct → 1899 Sc.