Meaning & use
Kvetching
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Complaining persistently, especially about trivial or minor matters, in a whiny or nagging way.
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He spent the whole car ride kvetching about the traffic.
Stop kvetching and just fix the report already.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from Yiddish 'kvetshn' (to squeeze or complain), the word entered informal American English in the mid-20th century.
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