[ob.trude] vb ob.trud.ed ; ob.trud.ing [L obtrudere to thrust at, fr. ob- in the way + trudere to thrust--more at ob-, threat] vt (ca. 1609) 1: to thrust out: extrude
2: to force or impose (as oneself or one's ideas) without warrant or request ~ vi: to become unduly prominent or interfering: intrude -- ob.trud.er n