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(kvĕch)

Slang.
intr.v., kvetched, kvetch·ing, kvetch·es.
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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[Yiddish] to complain habitually: gripe

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noun
Also kvetsch Also kvetsch
noun, spec.

1: An annoying or contemptible person; a person who complains a lot, a fault-finder. (1964 —) .
L. Rosten It will take forever, he's such a kvetch (1968). verb intr.

2: To complain, to whinge. (1965 —) .
Atlantic Monthly He is an amiable one, not given to angry kvetching (1968).

[noun from Yiddish kvetsh, from German Quetsche crusher, presser; verb from Yiddish kvetshn.]

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Yiddish Borrowings - kvetch: (vb) complain, whine, nag; (n) crotchety person

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