kib·itz (k b ts)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 g  bitz, pewit, of imitative origin.]kib itz·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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