kibitzer
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Etymology [edit]
From Yiddish, from Hebrew קיבוץ (kibbutz), a gathering. Alternatively from colloquial German kiebitzen 'to be an onlooker at a game.'[1]
Noun [edit]
kibitzer (plural kibitzers)
- A person who offers unsolicited views, advice, or criticism; one who kibitzes.
- Did I ask you what you thought about my card hand, you kibitzer!
- 1971, John Updike, New York Times review on 'Rabbit Redux', 05/11/71, [1],
- Neither good nor evil exactly, he is the ultimate catalyst or kibitzer, a blue-note howl of pain and laughter such as Charlie Parker might have blown.
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meddlesome person who tells others what to do
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