ˈkibə̇ts also kə̇ˈbits verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
Etymology: Yiddish kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from kiebitz pewit, busybody, from Middle High German gībitz pewit, of imitative origin
intransitive verb
: to act as a kibitzer
observation which amounts, if not to democratic control, at least to democratic kibitzing — Elmer Davis
an awful thing to kibitz on a man and his wife, and hear what they really talk about — J.M.Cain
transitive verb
: to observe as a kibitzer:
a. : to be a kibitzer at
kibitzing a Pullman card game — Bob Broeg
b. : to watch the performance of as a kibitzer
kibitzed him at poker — Theodore Sturgeon