kvetch
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verb (used without object)
1.
to complain, especially chronically.
noun
2.
Also, kvetch·er. a person who kvetches.
Origin:
1960–65, Americanism; < Yiddish kvetshn literally, to squeeze, pinch; compare Middle High German, German quetschen
1960–65, Americanism; < Yiddish kvetshn literally, to squeeze, pinch; compare Middle High German, German quetschen
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| —vb | |
| slang chiefly (US) (intr) to complain or grumble, esp incessantly | |
| [C20: from Yiddish kvetshn, literally: to squeeze, press] | |
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Word Origin & History
kvetch
"to complain, whine," 1965, from Yiddish kvetshn, lit. "squeeze, press," from Ger. quetsche "crusher, presser."
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Slang Dictionary
kvetch definition[kvɛtʃ] and [kʍɛtʃ]and quetch |
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
Comedy featuring a couple of girlfriends, both mothers, who come together to kvetch about their hectic but humorous lives.
One wonders how his noble rhymes would have incorporated kosher, nosh and kvetch.
Mostly its a home for the contrarians of the car world to coagulate and kvetch.
It is far too easy to kvetch and not offer an informed solution.
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