kibitz to offer unwanted advice or criticism; to be a busybody
Not to be confused with: kibbutz – a community settlement organized under collectivist principles
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.
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
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 ]
kibitz Past participle: kibitzedGerund: kibitzingImperative Present Preterite Present Continuous Present Perfect Past Continuous Past Perfect Future Future Perfect Future Continuous Present Perfect Continuous Future Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous Conditional Past Conditional Present I kibitz you kibitz he/she/it kibitzes we kibitz you kibitz they kibitz
Preterite I kibitzed you kibitzed he/she/it kibitzed we kibitzed you kibitzed they kibitzed
Present Continuous I am kibitzing you are kibitzing he/she/it is kibitzing we are kibitzing you are kibitzing they are kibitzing
Present Perfect I have kibitzed you have kibitzed he/she/it has kibitzed we have kibitzed you have kibitzed they have kibitzed
Past Continuous I was kibitzing you were kibitzing he/she/it was kibitzing we were kibitzing you were kibitzing they were kibitzing
Past Perfect I had kibitzed you had kibitzed he/she/it had kibitzed we had kibitzed you had kibitzed they had kibitzed
Future I will kibitz you will kibitz he/she/it will kibitz we will kibitz you will kibitz they will kibitz
Future Perfect 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 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 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 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 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 I would kibitz you would kibitz he/she/it would kibitz we would kibitz you would kibitz they would kibitz
Past Conditional 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