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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of kibitz.

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Examples

  • He "kibitzed" with customers during business hours, Stuart recalled, and at night kept the café open for Financial District buildings 'janitorial staff.

    J. Weekly 2010

  • Aware that these were hardly the typical purchases of a heavily bearded, dark-haired young man, Zazi—who had lived in the States since the age of fourteen—kibitzed easily with the counter staff, joking that he had to buy such large quantities of hair products because he “had a lot of girl friends.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Aware that these were hardly the typical purchases of a heavily bearded, dark-haired young man, Zazi—who had lived in the States since the age of fourteen—kibitzed easily with the counter staff, joking that he had to buy such large quantities of hair products because he “had a lot of girl friends.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Aware that these were hardly the typical purchases of a heavily bearded, dark-haired young man, Zazi—who had lived in the States since the age of fourteen—kibitzed easily with the counter staff, joking that he had to buy such large quantities of hair products because he “had a lot of girl friends.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Aware that these were hardly the typical purchases of a heavily bearded, dark-haired young man, Zazi—who had lived in the States since the age of fourteen—kibitzed easily with the counter staff, joking that he had to buy such large quantities of hair products because he “had a lot of girl friends.”

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • As the grownups gave their speeches, the bushy-haired and Gumby-limbed Hamish Linklater—of last summer's "Winter's Tale" and "The Merchant of Venice"—kibitzed with Lauren Ambrose, who starred in "Romeo & Juliet" in 2007.

    All's Well at Theater Gala Pia Catton 2011

  • The two kibitzed until it was time to return, sadly, to work.

    Gifts for Those With It All 2010

  • As he kibitzed with my fellow Food staffers Joe Yonan and Jane Black, he assessed all the edibles – mostly by nose.

    Chef Keller, in the house 2010

  • President Obama politely, but insistently, kibitzed.

    Dr. Philip Neches: Greece: How Bad Could it Get? 2010

  • President Obama politely, but insistently, kibitzed.

    Dr. Philip Neches: Greece: How Bad Could it Get? 2010

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