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kvetch definition

☆ kvetch (kə vec̸h′)

intransitive verb

  1. to be urgent or insistent; press; strain
  2. to complain in a nagging or whining way

Etymology: < Yiddish kvechen < Ger quetschen, to pinch, squeeze < MHG quetsen < IE base *gwedh-, to injure, destroy

noun

Slang a person who kvetches
also kvetcher kvetch′er

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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