kvetch - Definitions from Dictionary.com

5 results for: kvetch

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This

kvetch

Audio Help [kvech] Pronunciation Key Slang.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to complain, esp. chronically.

–noun

2.	Also, kvetcher. a person who kvetches.

[Origin: 1960–65, Americanism; < Yiddish kvetshn lit., to squeeze, pinch; cf. MHG, G quetschen

]

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
kvetch

To learn more about kvetch visit Britannica.com

American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

kvetch Audio Help   (kvěch) Pronunciation Key
intr.v.   kvetched, kvetch·ing, kvetch·es
To complain persistently and whiningly.

n.

A chronic, whining complainer.
A nagging complaint: "a rambling kvetch against the system" (Leonard Ross).

[Yiddish kvetshn, to squeeze, complain, from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, to squeeze.]

(Download Now or Buy the Book)

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
kvetch

"to complain, whine," 1965, from Yiddish kvetshn, lit. "squeeze, press," from Ger. quetsche "crusher, presser."

WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This

kvetch
noun
1.	(Yiddish) a constant complainer
2.	(Yiddish) a nagging complaint
verb
1.	express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about" [syn: complain] [ant: cheer]