English Dictionary: kvetch |
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kibbitz
v 1: make unwanted and intrusive comments [syn: {kibitz},
{kibbitz}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kibbutz
- n
- a collective farm or settlement owned by its members in
modern Israel; children are reared collectively
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kibbutznik
- n
- a member of a kibbutz
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kibitz
- v
- make unwanted and intrusive comments [syn: kibitz,
kibbitz]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kibitzer
- n
- (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kvetch
- n
- (Yiddish) a constant complainer
- (Yiddish) a nagging complaint
- v
- express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or
unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about"
Synonym(s): complain, kick, plain, sound off, quetch, kvetch Antonym(s): cheer, cheer up, chirk up
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- kyphotic
- adj
- characteristic of or suffering from kyphosis, an
abnormality of the vertebral column
Synonym(s): crookback, crookbacked, humped, humpbacked, hunchbacked, gibbous, kyphotic
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
d8Kibitka \[d8]Ki*bit"ka\, n.; pl. {Kibitkas}. [Russ.]
1. A tent used by the Kirghiz Tartars.
2. A rude kind of Russian vehicle, on wheels or on runners,
sometimes covered with cloth or leather, and often used as
a movable habitation.
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