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kvetch

kvetch [ kvech ]


intransitive verb  (past and past participle kvetched, present participle kvetch·ing, 3rd person present singular kvetch·es)
Definition:
 
complain incessantly: to grumble and complain about things all the time



noun  (plural kvetch·es)
Definition:
 
1. somebody incessantly complaining: a constant grumbler or complainer

2. complaint: a complaint about something

[Mid-20th century. Via Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb) < German Quetsche "crusher," quetschen "to crush"]
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