Verb
They're always kvetching about something.
a chronically resentful person who seems to look for things to kvetch about Noun
according to the kvetch on the bus tour, there was little about Europe that was satisfactory
vainly hoped that his coworker would spare him another kvetch about being overworked
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Verb
Blazy likes to remove himself from the studio for a few minutes between sessions, to allow the space to be reset and to give his design colleagues a chance to prepare, confer, or kvetch without him present.—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025 Some may kvetch at the idea of the 49ers giving up draft capital to acquire Hendrickson, who is 30 years of age and in the final year of his contract.—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
Blazy likes to remove himself from the studio for a few minutes between sessions, to allow the space to be reset and to give his design colleagues a chance to prepare, confer, or kvetch without him present.—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025 Should homeowners get frustrated, though, there’s always Waters to call for a good kvetch.—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for kvetch
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Yiddish kvetshn, literally, to squeeze, pinch, from Middle High German quetschen
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