Usually means: Complain persistently in an annoying way.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word kvetch:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. kvetch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. kvetch: Merriam-Webster
  3. kvetch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. kvetch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. kvetch: Collins English Dictionary
  6. kvetch: Vocabulary.com
  7. Kvetch, kvetch: Wordnik
  8. kvetch: Wiktionary
  9. kvetch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. kvetch: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. kvetch: Dictionary.com
  12. kvetch: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Kvetch (play), Kvetch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. kvetch: Rhymezone
  15. kvetch: FreeDictionary.org
  16. kvetch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. kvetch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. kvetch: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. kvetch: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. kvetch: A Word A Day
  2. kvetch: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. kvetch, kvetch: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. kvetch: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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verb:  To whine or complain, often needlessly and incessantly.
noun:  A person who endlessly whines or complains; a person who finds fault with anything.
noun:  An instance of kvetching; a complaint or whine.

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