"kibitz" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkɪbɪts/ [UK, US] Audio: en-au-kibitz.ogg [Australia] Forms: kibitzes [present, singular, third-person], kibitzing [participle, present], kibitzed [participle, past], kibitzed [past]
Etymology: From Yiddish קיבעצן (kibetsn), cognate to German kiebitzen (“to look on”), from German Kiebitz (“lapwing”), from Middle High German gibiz (“plover”), imitative of its cry. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|yi|קיבעצן}} Yiddish קיבעצן (kibetsn), {{cog|de|kiebitzen||to look on}} German kiebitzen (“to look on”), {{der|en|de|Kiebitz||lapwing}} German Kiebitz (“lapwing”), {{der|en|gmh|gibiz||plover}} Middle High German gibiz (“plover”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} kibitz (third-person singular simple present kibitzes, present participle kibitzing, simple past and past participle kibitzed)
  1. (intransitive) To make small talk or idle chatter. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: chat, gossip Translations (chit-chat): roddelen (Dutch), rupatella (Finnish), lörpötellä (Finnish), болта́ть (boltátʹ) (Russian), parlotear (Spanish), cotorrear (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-kibitz-en-verb-L5OlFQEz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 15 46 Disambiguation of 'chit-chat': 81 9 10
  2. (intransitive) To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game. Tags: intransitive Translations (give unwanted advice): kibicovat (Czech), kommentaar geven (Dutch), lörpötellä (Finnish), höpöttää (Finnish), dar pitaco (Portuguese), подска́зывать (podskázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подсказа́ть (podskazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), дава́ть непрошенные советы (neprošennyje) (Russian), ки̏бицовати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), кибици́рати [Cyrillic, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), kȉbicovati [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), ки̏бицовати [Roman, imperfective] (Serbo-Croatian), meter la nariz (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-kibitz-en-verb-GDCnA8Qy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 15 46 Disambiguation of 'give unwanted advice': 6 91 2
  3. (intransitive, transitive) To watch a card or board game. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-kibitz-en-verb-pUqo1Rny Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 15 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kibbitz Derived forms: kibitzer Related terms: armchair general

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      "word": "ки̏бицовати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "give unwanted advice",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "кибици́рати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "give unwanted advice",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kȉbicovati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "give unwanted advice",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ки̏бицовати"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "give unwanted advice",
      "word": "meter la nariz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kibitz"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sovety vs. davátʹ",
  "path": [
    "kibitz"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "kibitz",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": davátʹ vs. neprošennyje",
  "path": [
    "kibitz"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "kibitz",
  "trace": ""
}

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