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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 commentsplay

  Familiarity information: KIBITZ used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KIBITZ (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they kibitz  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it kibitzes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: kibitzed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: kibitzed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: kibitzing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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