Crossword clues for kibitz
kibitz
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1927, from Yiddish kibitsen "to offer gratuitous advice as an outsider," from German kiebitzen "to look on at cards, to kibitz," originally in thieves' cant "to visit," from Kiebitz, name of a shore bird (European pewit, lapwing) with a folk reputation as a meddler, from Middle High German gibitz "pewit," imitative of its cry. Young lapwings are proverbially precocious and active, and were said to run around with half-shells still on their heads soon after hatching.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 To chat; to gossip; to make small talk or idle chatter. 2 To give unsolicited or unwanted advice or make unhelpful or idle comments, especially to someone playing a game. 3 To watch a game of bridge.
WordNet
v. make unwanted and intrusive comments [syn: kibbitz]
Usage examples of "kibitz".
Although I was invited to kibitz or poked my head into policy discussions in a wide range of government offices in Washington, all on the subject of nuclear weapons and deterrence, no one asked for my thoughts or a helping hand on Vietnam policy.
Simonds had left him alone, determining intuitively that it was better to kibitz with the OOD.
I mean kibitz, on the action no longer, we promise to keep it down to your dull roar.
We drank a lot of soda pop, People walked through, sometimes stopped to watch or kibitz, but soon got bored and went about their business.
Galactic societies frown on derogatory kibitzing, because of the totalitarian taint clinging to even such a modified form of spying.
But in all societies, constructive kibitzing has become acceptable ever since 2516.
Desdemona Stephanides, however, kibitzing from afar, gazed down on the board and saw what the players had missed.
His sonar officer, David Hall, was a gem, the chief and his technicians outstanding, and they all understood why he enjoyed kibitzing in the background in that small space chock-full of the most sophisticated electronic gear available.
He located a chair and relaxed, letting her browse without kibitzing from him.
In the meantime, Schultz kibitzes the captain on one hand and me on the next, and of course a kibitzer is entitled to present his views on a play after it is over, and Schultz is undoubtedly a real kibitzer and becomes quite excited at times in his comment.
In the meantime, Schultz kibitzes the captain on one hand and me on the next, and of course a kibitzer is entitled to present his views on a play after it is over, and Schultz is undoubtedly a real kibitzer and becomes quite excited at times in his comment.
Dortmunder, kibitzing over her shoulder, saw that she had the ace of clubs and the ten of diamonds left.
Before I had left on this trip I had lain awake at night in my bed in England and pictured myself stopping each evening at a motel in a little city, strolling into town along wide sidewalks, dining on the blueplate special at Betty's Family Restaurant on the town square, then plugging a scented toothpick in my mouth and going for a stroll around the town, very probably stopping off at Vern's Midnite Tavern for a couple of draws and a game of eight-ball with the boys or taking in a movie at the Regal or looking in at the Val-Hi Bowling Alley to kibitz the Mid-Week Hairdressers' League matches before rounding off the night with a couple of games of pinball and a grilled cheese sandwich.
It was nearly deserted now, but for the chief surgeon and a couple of corpsmen whiling away their duty hours doing inventory, and a lone soldier with a broken arm kicking his heels and kibitzing.