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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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kib•itz•er

(ˈkɪb ɪt sər)

n. Informal.
1. a spectator at a card game who reads the players' cards over their shoulders, often giving unsolicited advice.
2. a giver of unsolicited advice.
3. a person who jokes or chats, esp. while others are trying to work.
[1925–30; < Yiddish]
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Noun1.kibitzer - (Yiddish) a meddler who offers unwanted advice to others
Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script
meddler - an officious annoying person who interferes with others
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kibitzer

noun
Informal. A person given to intruding in other people's affairs:
busybody, interloper, meddler, quidnunc.
Slang: buttinsky.
Archaic: pragmatic.
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Translations

kibitzer

[ˈkɪbɪtsəʳ] N (US) → mirón/ona m/f
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