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kib⋅itz⋅er

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

Origin:
1925–30; < Yiddish; see kibitz, -er 1


2. meddler, busybody, snoop.
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kib·itz   (kĭb'ĭts)   
intr.v.   kib·itzed, kib·itz·ing, kib·itz·es Informal
  1. To look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others.

  2. To chat; converse.


[Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from Kiebitz, pewit, kibitzer, from Middle High German gībitz, pewit, of imitative origin.]
kib'itz·er n.
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