Kibitzer Definition

kibitsər

noun

An onlooker at a card or chess game, etc., esp. one who volunteers advice.

Webster's New World

A giver of unwanted advice or meddler in others' affairs.

Webster's New World

A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.

Did I ask you what you thought about my card hand, you kibitzer!

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Other Word Forms of Kibitzer

Singular:

kibitzer

Plural:

kibitzers

From Yiddish, from Hebrew קיבוץ (kibúts, “a gathering”). Alternatively, from colloquial German kiebitzen (“to be an onlooker at a game”).

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