kvetch

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
19
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/kvɛt͡ʃ/ (US)

Definition of kvetch

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
    “Is this truth I’m delivering up, or is it just plain kvetching? Or is kvetching for people like me a form of truth?”
    “Make a commitment, Charlie. Go with life or go with death, but quit the kvetching. Don’t keep us all in suspense.”
    “Celebrities often kvetch about the lack of privacy and being bothered by paparazzi, but these are not life-threatening problems and they get enormous advantage as they go through life.”
    ““Long Story Short,” a new animated series from Raphael Bob-Waksberg with art by Lisa Hanawalt, trades the talking animals for kvetching humans.”
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verb

  1. To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
    “Is this truth I’m delivering up, or is it just plain kvetching? Or is kvetching for people like me a form of truth?”
    “Make a commitment, Charlie. Go with life or go with death, but quit the kvetching. Don’t keep us all in suspense.”
    “Celebrities often kvetch about the lack of privacy and being bothered by paparazzi, but these are not life-threatening problems and they get enormous advantage as they go through life.”
    ““Long Story Short,” a new animated series from Raphael Bob-Waksberg with art by Lisa Hanawalt, trades the talking animals for kvetching humans.”

noun

  1. A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
  2. An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Yiddish קוועטשן (kvetshn, literally “to squeeze, pinch”), from Middle High German quetschen (“crush, press”).

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