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kibitzer
[
kib
-it-ser
]
kib·itz·er
/
ˈkɪb
ɪt
sər
/
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kib
-it-ser
]
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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
,
-er
1
Synonyms
2.
meddler, busybody, snoop.
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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.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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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]
'kibitzer
—
n
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