/ kvetʃ; NAmE / verb
[ v ] ( NAmE , informal ) to complain about sth all the time
SYN moan , whine
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WORD ORIGIN
1960s: from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb), from Middle High German quetschen , literally crush.
/ kvetʃ; NAmE / verb
[ v ] ( NAmE , informal ) to complain about sth all the time
SYN moan , whine
••
WORD ORIGIN
1960s: from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb), from Middle High German quetschen , literally crush.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005