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kibitzer

[kib-it-ser]

kib·itz·er

[kib-it-ser]
noun Informal.
1.
a spectator at a card game who looks at the players' cards over their shoulders, especially one who gives unsolicited advice.
2.
a giver of uninvited or unwanted advice.
3.
a person who jokes, chitchats, or makes wisecracks, especially while others are trying to work or to discuss something seriously.

Origin:
1925–30; < Yiddish; see kibitz, -er1


2. meddler, busybody, snoop.

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Kibitzer is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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kibitz (ˈkɪbɪts)
 
vb
informal (US), (Canadian) (intr) to interfere or offer unwanted advice, esp as a spectator at a card game
 
[C20: from Yiddish kibitzen, from German kiebitzen to be an onlooker, from Kiebitz busybody, literally: plover]
 
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