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kibitz
kibitzto offer unwanted advice or criticism; to be a busybody
Not to be confused with:kibbutz – a community settlement organized under collectivist principleskib·itz also kib·bitz K0053400 (kĭb′ĭts)intr.v. kib·itzed, kib·itz·ing, kib·itz·es also kib·bitzed or kib·bitz·ing or kib·bitz·es Informal 1. To chat; converse: "[They] are very reserved people and prefer not to kibitz with strangers" (Ann Marie Sabath).2. To offer unwanted or meddlesome advice, such as that given by the spectator of a card game.
[Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from Rotwelsch (German underground argot) kibitschen, to search (a prisoner), inspect, of unknown origin.]
kib′itz·er n.kibitz (ˈkɪbɪts) vb (intr) informal US and Canadian to interfere or offer unwanted advice, esp as a spectator at a card game[C20: from Yiddish kibitzen, from German kiebitzen to be an onlooker, from Kiebitz busybody, literally: plover] ˈkibitzer nkib•itz (ˈkɪb ɪts)
v.i. Informal. 1. to act as a kibitzer. v.t. 2. to offer advice or criticism to as a kibitzer. [1925–30; < Yiddish kibetsn] kibitz
Past participle: kibitzed
Gerund: kibitzing
| Present |
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| I kibitz | | you kibitz | | he/she/it kibitzes | | we kibitz | | you kibitz | | they kibitz |
| Preterite |
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| I kibitzed | | you kibitzed | | he/she/it kibitzed | | we kibitzed | | you kibitzed | | they kibitzed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am kibitzing | | you are kibitzing | | he/she/it is kibitzing | | we are kibitzing | | you are kibitzing | | they are kibitzing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have kibitzed | | you have kibitzed | | he/she/it has kibitzed | | we have kibitzed | | you have kibitzed | | they have kibitzed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was kibitzing | | you were kibitzing | | he/she/it was kibitzing | | we were kibitzing | | you were kibitzing | | they were kibitzing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had kibitzed | | you had kibitzed | | he/she/it had kibitzed | | we had kibitzed | | you had kibitzed | | they had kibitzed |
| Future |
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| I will kibitz | | you will kibitz | | he/she/it will kibitz | | we will kibitz | | you will kibitz | | they will kibitz |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have kibitzed | | you will have kibitzed | | he/she/it will have kibitzed | | we will have kibitzed | | you will have kibitzed | | they will have kibitzed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be kibitzing | | you will be kibitzing | | he/she/it will be kibitzing | | we will be kibitzing | | you will be kibitzing | | they will be kibitzing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been kibitzing | | you have been kibitzing | | he/she/it has been kibitzing | | we have been kibitzing | | you have been kibitzing | | they have been kibitzing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been kibitzing | | you will have been kibitzing | | he/she/it will have been kibitzing | | we will have been kibitzing | | you will have been kibitzing | | they will have been kibitzing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been kibitzing | | you had been kibitzing | | he/she/it had been kibitzing | | we had been kibitzing | | you had been kibitzing | | they had been kibitzing |
| Conditional |
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| I would kibitz | | you would kibitz | | he/she/it would kibitz | | we would kibitz | | you would kibitz | | they would kibitz |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have kibitzed | | you would have kibitzed | | he/she/it would have kibitzed | | we would have kibitzed | | you would have kibitzed | | they would have kibitzed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | kibitz - make unwanted and intrusive commentskibbitzcomment, point out, remark, notice - make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague" |
Translationskibitz
Synonyms for kibitzverb make unwanted and intrusive commentsSynonymsRelated Words- comment
- point out
- remark
- notice
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