Definition of Kibitz

1. Verb. Make unwanted and intrusive comments.

Exact synonyms: Kibbitz
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

kibbutz
kibbutzes
kibbutzim
kibbutznik
kibbutzniks
kibe
kibed
kibei
kibeis
kibes
kibi-
kibibyte
kibibytes
kibitka
kibitkas
kibitz (current term)
kibitzed
kibitzer
kibitzers
kibitzes
kibitzing
kibla
kiblah
kiblahs
kiblas
kibosh
kiboshed
kiboshes
kiboshing
kiboze

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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