kvetch

[kvech] /kvɛtʃ/
verb (used without object)
1.
to complain, especially chronically.
noun
2.
Also, kvetcher. a person who kvetches.
Origin
1960-65, Americanism; < Yiddish kvetshn literally, to squeeze, pinch; compare Middle High German, German quetschen
Examples from the web for kvetch
  • 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.
  • It seems to me that in the last couple of weeks the kvetch level has become a little high and a little irritating.
  • Mostly its a home for the contrarians of the car world to coagulate and kvetch.
British Dictionary definitions for kvetch

kvetch

/kvɛtʃ/
verb
1.
(intransitive) (slang, mainly US) to complain or grumble, esp incessantly
Word Origin
C20: from Yiddish kvetshn, literally: to squeeze, press
Word Origin and History for kvetch
v.

"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.

Slang definitions & phrases for kvetch

kvetch

noun

: I am another kvetch when it comes to wind chimes/right in tune with the city medical spirit, which is basically one of kvetch

verb

To whine; complain; be consistently pessimistic: I know you know. I'm just kvetching/Dealing with a controversial idea of public importance, Mobil kvetched

[1960s+; fr Yiddish, literally ''squeeze, press'']