kibitz.
To make small talk or idle chatter.
Meaning & usage
To make small talk or idle chatter.
Louise and I used to head down to the coffee shop and just sit for hours and kibitz.
To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game.
Quit kibitzing! You're giving away my hand!
To watch a card or board game.
Where this word comes from
From Yiddish קיבעצן (kibetsn), cognate to German kiebitzen (“to look on”), from German Kiebitz (“lapwing”), from Middle High German gibiz (“plover”), imitative of its cry. Compare peewit.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.