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单词 kvetch
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kvetch

[ kvech ]
/ kvɛtʃ /
Slang.
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verb (used without object)

to complain, especially chronically.

noun

Also kvetcher. a person who kvetches.

Origin of kvetch

1960–65, Americanism;<Yiddish kvetshn literally, to squeeze, pinch; compare Middle High German, German quetschen

Words nearby kvetch

Kvaløy, kvass, Kveim antigen, Kveim test, kvell, kvetch, kvetchy, kW, Kwa, kwacha, kwaiken
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Example sentences from the Web for kvetch

  • I take some pleasure in watching conservatives squirm and kvetch.

    Not Harry Reid's Finest Hour|Michael Tomasky|August 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for kvetch

kvetch
/ (kvɛtʃ) /

verb

(intr) slang, mainly US to complain or grumble, esp incessantly

Word Origin for kvetch

C20: from Yiddish kvetshn, literally: to squeeze, press
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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