To complain persistently and whiningly.
n.- A chronic, whining complainer.
- A nagging complaint: “a rambling kvetch against the system” (Leonard Ross).
[Yiddish kvetshn, to squeeze, complain, from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, to squeeze.]
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To complain persistently and whiningly.
n.[Yiddish kvetshn, to squeeze, complain, from Middle High German quetzen, quetschen, to squeeze.]
Kvetch is a word of Yiddish origin, literally meaning "to squeeze", but idiomatically meaning, roughly, "to complain."
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