(v) to complain, to make a complaining sound, especially whilst plopping;
(n) a chronic complainer
(n) the complaint itself)
(Definitely a Yiddish thing...]
Only misogynists think that kvetches are primarily female.
My dad was well known as King of Kvetches in our home.
He gave such a kvetch every time he came home from work!
And nothing compared to kvetches he put out from the throne room...