kvetch
verb /kvetʃ/
/kvetʃ/
[intransitive] (North American English, informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they kvetch | /kvetʃ/ /kvetʃ/ |
| he / she / it kvetches | /ˈkvetʃɪz/ /ˈkvetʃɪz/ |
| past simple kvetched | /kvetʃt/ /kvetʃt/ |
| past participle kvetched | /kvetʃt/ /kvetʃt/ |
| -ing form kvetching | /ˈkvetʃɪŋ/ /ˈkvetʃɪŋ/ |
- to complain about something all the time synonym moan, whineWord Origin1960s: from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb), from Middle High German quetschen, literally ‘crush’.