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Definition of kvetch verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

kvetch

verb
 
/kvetʃ/
 
/kvetʃ/
[intransitive] (North American English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they kvetch
 
/kvetʃ/
 
/kvetʃ/
he / she / it kvetches
 
/ˈkvetʃɪz/
 
/ˈkvetʃɪz/
past simple kvetched
 
/kvetʃt/
 
/kvetʃt/
past participle kvetched
 
/kvetʃt/
 
/kvetʃt/
-ing form kvetching
 
/ˈkvetʃɪŋ/
 
/ˈkvetʃɪŋ/
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  1. to complain about something all the time synonym moan, whine
    Word Origin1960s: from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb), from Middle High German quetschen, literally ‘crush’.
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