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KIBITZ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kibitz mean?
• KIBITZ (verb)
The verb KIBITZ has 1 sense:
1. make unwanted and intrusive comments
Familiarity information: KIBITZ used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they kibitz ... he / she / it kibitzes
Past simple: kibitzed
Past participle: kibitzed
-ing form: kibitzing
... he / she / it kibitzes Past simple: kibitzed
Past participle: kibitzed
-ing form: kibitzing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make unwanted and intrusive comments
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
kibbitz; kibitz
Hypernyms (to "kibitz" is one way to...):
comment; notice; point out; remark (make or write a comment on)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
kibitzer ((Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others)
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