kvetch

[ kvech ]
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verb (used without object)
  1. to complain, especially chronically.

noun
  1. Also kvetcher. a person who kvetches.

Origin of kvetch

1
1960–65, Americanism;<Yiddish kvetshn literally, to squeeze, pinch; compare Middle High German, German quetschen

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British Dictionary definitions for kvetch

kvetch

/ (kvɛtʃ) /


verb
  1. (intr) slang, mainly US to complain or grumble, esp incessantly

Origin of kvetch

1
C20: from Yiddish kvetshn, literally: to squeeze, press

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