kibitz

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Was I allowed to kibitz, tell him he was doing it wrong?

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  1. intransitive verb Informal To look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others.
  2. intransitive verb Informal To chat; converse.

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  • Maybe Elliott's been too humble to kibitz about his tsuris in order to gain sympathy votes, so thanks to Shanker for doing it for him. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • "No other filmmaker has made it his business to nurture, kibitz with, heckle and engage his fans on such an intimate, day-to-day basis." —  GreenCine Daily
  • Dan Mackie, 10 January 2009, 10.18: Fellow loser players, please don't use this board as ur chat line …, go to loser kibitz gm's games on icc or playchess. com to ... —  ChessVibes
  • "President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will huddle with House Democrats today in Williamsburg, Va. -- the first chance for many members of the House to kibitz with the new president since his swearing-in last month." —  Libertarian Blog Place
  • The stock market has been no more enthused about Citi's strategy for most of its existence, and yet couldn't do more than kibitz. —  Opinion Source: Delivering summaries of editorial and op-ed pieces from major papers by email.
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  1. Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from Kiebitz, pewit, kibitzer, from Middle High German gībitz, pewit, of imitative origin.
 

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