kibitz

verb

ki·bitz ˈki-bəts How to pronounce kibitz (audio)

kə-ˈbits

variants or less commonly kibbitz

kibitzed also kibbitzed; kibitzing also kibbitzing; kibitzes also kibbitzes

intransitive verb

: to act as a kibitzer

: to exchange comments : chat

transitive verb

: to observe as a kibitzer

especially : to be a kibitzer at

kibitz a card game

Example Sentences

They sat around kibitzing about their children. My uncle likes to kibitz when I play poker with my cousins. He likes to kibitz our poker games.

Recent Examples on the Web Guys who kibitz, inform and entertain all the way through.

Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020 Instead, Cora and other members of the baseball operations staff enjoyed kibitzing with Celtics coach Brad Stevens, a visiting dignitary to Fenway in one of the organization’s busiest — and in some ways, most exciting — weeks of the year.

Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020 Failed ex-candidates should kibitz seldom, and then without coy evasions; Mrs. Clinton deserved the rebuke.

Nr Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019 Her approach comes out of the early online communities that sprang up around shows, where fans could kibitz and argue, exchanging detailed exegeses of episodes and (back then) bootleg videotapes.

Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 3 July 2019 The giggle of the stream is usually the loudest sound … like kids kibitzing over candy.

Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 6 June 2019 Some tried to keep close watch over his kibitzing with guests during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan’s visit to Palm Beach, Fla., last week, according to two people familiar with the planning.

Katie Rogers, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018 After his first-place score of 87.16 flashed, and with a handful of riders still up top, there was 17-year-old shredder Red Gerard kibitzing with none other than IOC President Thomas Bach.

USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2018 Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Alex spends more time kibitzing with customers on the selling floor than inside his office.

Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018 See More

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Yiddish kibetsn or German kiebitzen "to look on (at a card game)," both borrowed from Rotwelsch (German underworld argot) kiebitschen, chippischen, gippischen "(of the police) to search out, patrol," of obscure origin

Note: In passage from Rotwelsch to ordinary vernaculars, there has presumably been a jocular transfer in sense from the undesirable observation of underworld activity by the police to observation of a more innocent activity such as a game. Corresponding to the Rotwelsch verb is a noun Kiewisch, Gippisch, Kippisch, etc., "police search, investigation, patrol," attested slightly earlier, perhaps first (as Gippisch, Geppisch) in a vocabulary appended to Alphabetisches Verzeichnis einer Anzahl von Räubern, Dieben und Vagabonden (Hamburg, 1814), by a Danish police official, H.C. Christensen, based on an investigation carried out in Kiel in 1811-12. Neither the German or Yiddish words or their Rotwelsch source have any plausible connection to German Kiebitz "lapwing" other than by secondary association.

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1

单词	kibitzers
释义	kibitz verb ki·bitz ˈki-bəts kə-ˈbits variants or less commonly kibbitz kibitzed also kibbitzed; kibitzing also kibbitzing; kibitzes also kibbitzes intransitive verb 1 : to act as a kibitzer 2 : to exchange comments : chat transitive verb : to observe as a kibitzer especially : to be a kibitzer at kibitz a card game Synonyms babble blab cackle chaffer [British] chat chatter chin [slang] converse gab gabble gas jabber jaw natter palaver patter prate prattle rap rattle run on schmooze shmooze talk twitter visit See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences They sat around kibitzing about their children. My uncle likes to kibitz when I play poker with my cousins. He likes to kibitz our poker games. Recent Examples on the Web Guys who kibitz, inform and entertain all the way through. Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020 Instead, Cora and other members of the baseball operations staff enjoyed kibitzing with Celtics coach Brad Stevens, a visiting dignitary to Fenway in one of the organization’s busiest — and in some ways, most exciting — weeks of the year. Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020 Failed ex-candidates should kibitz seldom, and then without coy evasions; Mrs. Clinton deserved the rebuke. Nr Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019 Her approach comes out of the early online communities that sprang up around shows, where fans could kibitz and argue, exchanging detailed exegeses of episodes and (back then) bootleg videotapes. Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 3 July 2019 The giggle of the stream is usually the loudest sound … like kids kibitzing over candy. Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 6 June 2019 Some tried to keep close watch over his kibitzing with guests during Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan’s visit to Palm Beach, Fla., last week, according to two people familiar with the planning. Katie Rogers, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2018 After his first-place score of 87.16 flashed, and with a handful of riders still up top, there was 17-year-old shredder Red Gerard kibitzing with none other than IOC President Thomas Bach. USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2018 Like his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Alex spends more time kibitzing with customers on the selling floor than inside his office. Steven Kurutz, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2018 See More Word History Etymology borrowed from Yiddish kibetsn or German kiebitzen "to look on (at a card game)," both borrowed from Rotwelsch (German underworld argot) kiebitschen, chippischen, gippischen "(of the police) to search out, patrol," of obscure origin Note: In passage from Rotwelsch to ordinary vernaculars, there has presumably been a jocular transfer in sense from the undesirable observation of underworld activity by the police to observation of a more innocent activity such as a game. Corresponding to the Rotwelsch verb is a noun Kiewisch, Gippisch, Kippisch, etc., "police search, investigation, patrol," attested slightly earlier, perhaps first (as Gippisch, Geppisch) in a vocabulary appended to Alphabetisches Verzeichnis einer Anzahl von Räubern, Dieben und Vagabonden (Hamburg, 1814), by a Danish police official, H.C. Christensen, based on an investigation carried out in Kiel in 1811-12. Neither the German or Yiddish words or their Rotwelsch source have any plausible connection to German Kiebitz "lapwing" other than by secondary association. First Known Use 1927, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1 kibitzers noun variants also kibbitzers plural of kibitzer as in intruders a person who meddles in the affairs of others a nosy kibitzer who always knows who is dating whom Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance intruders spies gossipers gossips busybodies interlopers meddlers interferers snoops gawkers rubberneckers gazers nosey parkers informers intermeddlers gapers snakes tellers revealers informants rubbernecks peepers buttinskies tattlers blabbers sneaks squealers snoopers tattletales betrayers priers disclosers gawpers quidnuncs prattlers telltales pryers stool pigeons snitchers peeping Toms talebearers
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kibitz

verb

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