kvetch
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intransitive verb \ˈkvech, ˈkfech\Definition of KVETCH
: to complain habitually : gripe
— kvetch·er noun
Examples of KVETCH
- They're always kvetching about something.
- <a chronically resentful person who seems to look for things to kvetch about>
Origin of KVETCH
Yiddish kvetshn, literally, to squeeze, pinch, from Middle High German quetschen
First Known Use: circa 1952
Related to KVETCH
- Synonyms
- beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, crab, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, complain, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
2kvetch
nounDefinition of KVETCH
1
: a habitual complainer
Examples of KVETCH
- <according to the kvetch on the bus tour, there was little about Europe that was satisfactory>
- <vainly hoped that his mother would spare him another kvetch about still being single>
First Known Use of KVETCH
1964
Related to KVETCH
- Synonyms
- baby, bellyacher, complainer, fussbudget, fusser, fusspot, griper, grumbler, crybaby, kvetcher, sniveler, whiner
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