kibitzingn.
/ˈkɪbᵻtsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɪbətsɪŋ/, /kᵻˈbɪtsɪŋ/ The action or activity of kibitz v. (in various senses).
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1918 Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) 10 May 9/1 Now once more, on with the games, the kibitzing, the letter-writing, good-fellowship and mirth.
1927 in Amer. Speech (1928) 4 159 The trade journal..devotes an editorial..to the ‘kibbitzer’. It defines ‘kibbitzing’ as a slang expression used to indicate the act of offering gratuitous advice by an outsider.
1951 M. McLuhan Mech. Bride 67/1 The children..have retired to a philosophic knoll to do a little uneasy kibitzing.
2004 F. Merrell Complementing Lat. Amer. Borders (2006) vii. 117 Pierce's prescribed road to the best of all possible worlds of knowing rests in amicable conversation, banter, debate, kibitzing, and even agonistics when it becomes necessary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
kibitzingadj.
/ˈkɪbᵻtsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈkɪbətsɪŋ/, /kᵻˈbɪtsɪŋ/ That kibitzes (in various senses of kibitz v.).
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1930 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. 31 May 10/2 She has for her boss the funny, kibitzing Harry Green.
1991 Newsweek 18 Feb. 76/1 Administration officials, journalists and members of Congress, TV head scratchers, think-tank types and other accredited members of the kibitzing class were all terribly exposed on this one.
2018 Bay of Plenty Times (Tauranga, N.Z.) (Nexis) 29 Nov. b5 Without a screenwriter in sight, Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin are trading wisecracks just like the kibitzing longtime pals they play in The Kominsky Method.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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