kvetch
[kvech]Slang.
- to complain, especially chronically.
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- Also kvetch·er. a person who kvetches.
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Origin of kvetch
1960–65, Americanism; < Yiddish kvetshn literally, to squeeze, pinch; compare Middle High German, German quetschen
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Related Words for kvetch
moan, squawk, nag, carp, grumble, mutter, murmur, fuss, groan, gripe, bellyache, grouse, whine, yawp, crab, grouch, yammer, kvetch, pule, scoldExamples from the Web for kvetch
Contemporary Examples of kvetch
I take some pleasure in watching conservatives squirm and kvetch.
kvetch
- (intr) slang, mainly US to complain or grumble, esp incessantly
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Word Origin for kvetch
C20: from Yiddish kvetshn, literally: to squeeze, press
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Word Origin and History for kvetch
"to complain, whine," 1953 (implied in kvetching), from Yiddish kvetshn, literally "squeeze, press," from German quetsche "crusher, presser." As a noun, from 1936 as a term of abuse for a person.
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