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This is old Yiddish noun meaning "nagging complainer", and in verb form "kvetching" means "to complain".
Ira is always kvetching about his wife's bad cooking, she is not so good. Ira is a kvetch.
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Piss and moan; whine; from the Yiddish; a person who habitually kvetches (usually used for females)
I got tired of her kvetching about my driving, so I opened the car door and pushed her out.
kvetch by cornholio October 14, 2003
A person who thinks that they can achieve something through threatening others or bullying them. and they think they will win but they just dream of it.
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Yiddish. a lesser form of complaining. never done with that well-known whiny voice of complaint.
oy gevalt, what a day. mind if I kvetch a little?
kvetch by Shwaggy November 14, 2003
To complain, from Yiddish 'kvetshn' meaning to squeeze, to complain. Originally 'quetzen,' High German, meaning to squeeze.

Also as a noun for being a complainer.
"You'd better not kvetch, or eat chozzerai, You'd better not greps, I'm telling you why... Yenta Claus in coming to town!"

Ba humbug! Ebenezer is such a "kvetch." He refuses to allow the children a little fun!
kvetch by Rena03 September 21, 2006
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