kib‧itz /ˈkɪbɪts/
verb [intransitive] American English informal[
Date: 1900-2000;
Language: Yiddish;
Origin: kibitsen, from German kiebitzen, from kiebitz 'lapwing' (type of bird that makes a lot of noise)]
1. to make unhelpful remarks while someone is doing something
2. to talk about things that everyone already knows in a boring way:
incessant philosophical kibitzing—kibitzer noun [countable]:
the usual crowd of kibitzers [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲