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Definition of Kibitz
1. Verb. Make unwanted and intrusive comments.
Generic synonyms: Comment, Notice, Point Out, Remark
Derivative terms: Kibitzer
Definition of Kibitz
1. Verb. To chat; to gossip; to make small talk or idle chatter. ¹
2. Verb. To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Kibitz
1. to meddle [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: meddle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kibitz
Literary usage of Kibitz
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The British Magazine, Or, Miscellany of Polite Literature Comprehending an (1823)
"Fortunately our good kibitz received some information of their designs : for a
long time he was puzzled in contriving some stratagem whereby to defeat their ..."
2. Popular Tales and Fictions: Their Migrations and Transformations by William Alexander Clouston (1887)
"296 ff., the hero is a peasant named kibitz (Lapwing). ... kibitz hastens up,
crying, and the servant's master gives him a carriage and horses by way of ..."
3. Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations by Johann Karl August Musäus, Ludwig Tieck, Friedrich Heinrich Karl La Motte-Fouqué (1823)
"... a poor peasant named kibitz, who, though but little favoured by fortune,
enjoyed nevertheless more contentment and satisfaction than many of his more ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1824)
"In the second volume, The Victim of Priestcraft offends by blackness of incident,
and kibitz by silliness: while in the third, The Tale, though more free ..."
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