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- verb Alternative spelling of
kibitz .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make unwanted and intrusive comments
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Examples
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Unfortunately, I got there too late to get in the game, but I did hang out and kibbitz for a while, oogling the wonderful Aphid Aethership models and giant Martian “Kite” ships.
Up, AetherShips! Space 1889 at Cold Wars 2010 « Third Point of Singularity 2010
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It was there that we huddled around a horrible black Formica dinner table with tubular metal legs to eat and kibbitz next to the stove, on which a pot of tomato sauce and a pot of chicken soup often sat side by side.
Brooklyn Story Suzanne Corso 2011
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Foster asked on a recent rare day when the two were able to take a "meating" - their tongue-in-cheek terminology - and kibbitz in Barrow's kitchen.
Food bloggers' charcuterie project goes viral Bonnie S. Benwick 2011
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That's where you all come in: use the comments below to kibbitz -- I've been playing with ImageMagick's "convert" tool all day (using lines like "convert - geometry 4414x3123 - density 300x300 - quality 100 pdf: original. pdf [1-153] converted. png") with no success.
Boing Boing 2008
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He calls this year's typically jolly version "Swing in the Holiday," a title stressing one aspect of his musical inclinations and assiduously avoiding mention of Christmas, because -- Jewish with what could be called a predisposition to the kibbitz -- he celebrates Christmas and Hannukah by honoring and kidding both holidays.
David Finkle: Michael Feinstein: Top-of-the-Heap Singer, Equally Important Music Archivist-Historian David Finkle 2010
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He calls this year's typically jolly version "Swing in the Holiday," a title stressing one aspect of his musical inclinations and assiduously avoiding mention of Christmas, because -- Jewish with what could be called a predisposition to the kibbitz -- he celebrates Christmas and Hannukah by honoring and kidding both holidays.
David Finkle: Michael Feinstein: Top-of-the-Heap Singer, Equally Important Music Archivist-Historian David Finkle 2010
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He calls this year's typically jolly version "Swing in the Holiday," a title stressing one aspect of his musical inclinations and assiduously avoiding mention of Christmas, because -- Jewish with what could be called a predisposition to the kibbitz -- he celebrates Christmas and Hannukah by honoring and kidding both holidays.
David Finkle: Michael Feinstein: Top-of-the-Heap Singer, Equally Important Music Archivist-Historian David Finkle 2010
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He calls this year's typically jolly version "Swing in the Holiday," a title stressing one aspect of his musical inclinations and assiduously avoiding mention of Christmas, because -- Jewish with what could be called a predisposition to the kibbitz -- he celebrates Christmas and Hannukah by honoring and kidding both holidays.
David Finkle: Michael Feinstein: Top-of-the-Heap Singer, Equally Important Music Archivist-Historian David Finkle 2010
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I'm guessing that the urge to kibbitz excessively will quickly become unbearable for both of them.
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Stay tuned for more; this kibbitz won't end so easily.
At a Decisive Moment for Times Digital, the Chief Takes a Culture Job 2009
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