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kvetch
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
kvetch
(verb)
kvetch
/
ˈ
kvɛtʃ/
verb
kvetches
;
kvetched
;
kvetching
kvetch
/
ˈ
kvɛtʃ/
verb
kvetches
;
kvetched
;
kvetching
Britannica Dictionary definition of KVETCH
chiefly US, informal
:
to complain often or constantly
[
no object
]
They're always
kvetching
about something.
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They're always
kvetching
(to us) that nothing is any good.
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— kvetcher
noun
,
plural
kvetchers
[
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]
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