/kib"its/ , Informal.
v.i.
1. to act as a kibitzer.
v.t.
2. to offer advice or criticism to as a kibitzer: to kibitz the team from the bleachers.
[ 1925-30, Amer.; kibetsn, equiv. to G kiebitzen to look on at cards, deriv. of Kiebitz busybody, lit., lapwing, plover ]