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| kvetch [ kvech ] |
intransitive verb (past and past participle kvetched, present participle kvetch·ing, 3rd person present singular kvetch·es) |
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complain incessantly: to grumble and complain about things all the time
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noun (plural kvetch·es) |
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1. somebody incessantly complaining: a constant grumbler or complainer
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2. complaint: a complaint about something
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| [Mid-20th century. Via Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb) < German Quetsche "crusher," quetschen "to crush"] |
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