kvetch
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
verb
Etymology
Origin of kvetch
1960–65, < Yiddish kvetshn literally, to squeeze, pinch; compare Middle High German, German quetschen
Example Sentences
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While Maron sometimes kvetches about Feinartz’s hovering cameras, he seems to have given him a kind of all-access pass to his daily life in a way that belies his trademark crankiness.
From Los Angeles Times
Yet his kvetching about the creative constraints of the pop song are pretty rich coming from a master of the form.
From Los Angeles Times
Three is either a charm or a curse – depending on your point of view – and there are plenty of people gloating or kvetching today.
From Salon
“People, and particularly women, tend to kvetch and converse and complain about what offends them, and then they vote according to what affects them,” she said.
From BBC
It’s a screeching, sputtering display of kvetching that builds runaway comic momentum.
From New York Times
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