kibitz
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kibitz
to offer unwanted advice or criticism; to be a busybody
Not to be confused with:
kibbutz – a community settlement organized under collectivist principles
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kib·itz
also kib·bitz (kĭb′ĭts)intr.v. kib·itzed, kib·itz·ing, kib·itz·es also kib·bitzed or kib·bitz·ing or kib·bitz·es Informal
1. To chat; converse: "[They] are very reserved people and prefer not to kibitz with strangers" (Ann Marie Sabath).
2. To offer unwanted or meddlesome advice, such as that given by the spectator of a card game.
[Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from Rotwelsch (German underground argot) kibitschen, to search (a prisoner), inspect, of unknown origin.]
kib′itz·er n.
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kibitz
(ˈkɪbɪts)vb
(intr) informal US and Canadian to interfere or offer unwanted advice, esp as a spectator at a card game
[C20: from Yiddish kibitzen, from German kiebitzen to be an onlooker, from Kiebitz busybody, literally: plover]
ˈkibitzer n
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kib•itz
(ˈkɪb ɪts)v.i. Informal.
1. to act as a kibitzer.
v.t. 2. to offer advice or criticism to as a kibitzer.
[1925–30; < Yiddish kibetsn]
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kibitz
Past participle: kibitzed
Gerund: kibitzing
| Imperative |
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| kibitz |
| kibitz |
| Present |
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| I kibitz |
| you kibitz |
| he/she/it kibitzes |
| we kibitz |
| you kibitz |
| they kibitz |
| Preterite |
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| I kibitzed |
| you kibitzed |
| he/she/it kibitzed |
| we kibitzed |
| you kibitzed |
| they kibitzed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am kibitzing |
| you are kibitzing |
| he/she/it is kibitzing |
| we are kibitzing |
| you are kibitzing |
| they are kibitzing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have kibitzed |
| you have kibitzed |
| he/she/it has kibitzed |
| we have kibitzed |
| you have kibitzed |
| they have kibitzed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was kibitzing |
| you were kibitzing |
| he/she/it was kibitzing |
| we were kibitzing |
| you were kibitzing |
| they were kibitzing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had kibitzed |
| you had kibitzed |
| he/she/it had kibitzed |
| we had kibitzed |
| you had kibitzed |
| they had kibitzed |
| Future |
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| I will kibitz |
| you will kibitz |
| he/she/it will kibitz |
| we will kibitz |
| you will kibitz |
| they will kibitz |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have kibitzed |
| you will have kibitzed |
| he/she/it will have kibitzed |
| we will have kibitzed |
| you will have kibitzed |
| they will have kibitzed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be kibitzing |
| you will be kibitzing |
| he/she/it will be kibitzing |
| we will be kibitzing |
| you will be kibitzing |
| they will be kibitzing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been kibitzing |
| you have been kibitzing |
| he/she/it has been kibitzing |
| we have been kibitzing |
| you have been kibitzing |
| they have been kibitzing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been kibitzing |
| you will have been kibitzing |
| he/she/it will have been kibitzing |
| we will have been kibitzing |
| you will have been kibitzing |
| they will have been kibitzing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been kibitzing |
| you had been kibitzing |
| he/she/it had been kibitzing |
| we had been kibitzing |
| you had been kibitzing |
| they had been kibitzing |
| Conditional |
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| I would kibitz |
| you would kibitz |
| he/she/it would kibitz |
| we would kibitz |
| you would kibitz |
| they would kibitz |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have kibitzed |
| you would have kibitzed |
| he/she/it would have kibitzed |
| we would have kibitzed |
| you would have kibitzed |
| they would have kibitzed |
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