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kibitz
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kib·itz  (kbts)
intr.v. kib·itzed, kib·itz·ing, kib·itz·es Informal
1. To look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others.
2. To chat; converse.

[Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from Kiebitz, pewit, kibitzer, from Middle High German gbitz, pewit, of imitative origin.]

kibitz·er n.

kibitz [ˈkɪbɪts]
vb
(intr) US and Canadian informal to interfere or offer unwanted advice, esp as a spectator at a card game
[from Yiddish kibitzen, from German kiebitzen to be an onlooker, from Kiebitz busybody, literally: plover]
kibitzer  n
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Verb1.kibitz - make unwanted and intrusive comments
comment, point out, remark, notice - make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"
Translations
kibitz
vi (US inf)
(Cards) → kibitzen (inf)
(= chat)plaudern, quatschen (inf)


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Kibitzers and pundits, however, have no trouble reaching immediate and sweeping conclusions and egging on the policymakers to further their own agendas.
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