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verb (used without object)
1.
to complain, especially chronically.
noun
2.
Also, kvetch·er. a person who kvetches.
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Kvetch
is always a great word to know.
So is schlemiel. Does it mean:
| an awkward and unlucky person for whom things never turn out right |
| a closemouthed or uncommunicative person, especially one who keeps secrets well |
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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Example Sentences
- Comedy featuring a couple of girlfriends, both mothers, who come together to kvetch about their hectic but humorous lives.
- It is far too easy to kvetch and not offer an informed solution.
- One wonders how his noble rhymes would have incorporated kosher, nosh and kvetch.
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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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