kvetch
1Kvetch — est une pièce de théâtre de Steven Berkoff publiée en 1986. Avec Kvetch, Berkoff s exerce à nouveau dans le genre du récit, ce récit dramatique qui donne à ses pièces une existence particulière, un relief stylistique et une signature personnelle …
2kvetch — [kvetʃ] v [i]AmE informal [Date: 1900 2000; : Yiddish; Origin: kvetshn to press firmly, complain ] to keep complaining >kvetch n …
3kvetch — kvetch; kvetch·er; …
4kvetch — (v.) to complain, whine, 1953 (implied in kvetching), from Yiddish kvetshn, lit. squeeze, press, from Ger. quetsche crusher, presser. As a noun, from 1936 as a term of abuse for a person …
5kvetch — ☆ kvetch [kə vech′ ] vi. [< Yiddish kvechen < Ger quetschen, to pinch, squeeze < MHG quetsen < IE base * gwedh , to injure, destroy] Slang 1. to be urgent or insistent; press; strain 2. to complain in a nagging or whining way n. Slang …
6kvetch — kvetch1 [ kvetʃ ] verb intransitive AMERICAN VERY INFORMAL to complain a lot or often kvetch kvetch 2 [ kvetʃ ] noun count AMERICAN VERY INFORMAL someone who kvetches …
7kvetch — AND quetch [kvetj AND kAvetJ] 1. in. to complain. (From German quetschen, ‘to squeeze,’ via Yiddish.) □ Quit your kvetching! □ He quetches from dawn to dusk. 2. n. a complainer. □ What a kvetch you are! …
8kvetch — 1. noun /kvɛʧ/ a) Person who endlessly whines or complains. b) Person who finds fault with anything. 2. adjective /kvɛʧ/ Describing a kvetch or kvetcher. 3. verb /kvɛʧ/ To whine or complain, often needlessly …
9kvetch — (kvehtch) [Yiddish, from German] To complain, grumble, or whine, especially habitually. One who kvetches is a kvetcher. The majority joined the group to gossip and kvetch about their employers …
10kvetch — verb (I) AmE informal to continually complain about something kvetch noun (C) …
