[kvɛtʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who complains a great deal
(e.g: she emerges as something of a kvetch, constantly nagging Rick)


Phrases:

Origin:
1930s (as a noun in the form quevetch): from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshen (verb), from Middle High German quetschen, literally ‘crush’

[kvɛtʃ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- complain persistently
(e.g: Jane's kvetching about her crummy existence)


Phrases:

Origin:
1930s (as a noun in the form quevetch): from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshen (verb), from Middle High German quetschen, literally ‘crush’