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kvetch

[ kvech ]
/ kvɛtʃ /
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verb (used without object)
to complain, especially chronically.
noun
Also kvetcher. a person who kvetches.
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Origin of kvetch

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

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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
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