verb
- to offer unwanted advice or commentary, especially while watching others play a game
- to chat or converse casually
Usage: informal; often implies meddling or interfering
Usage: informal; Yiddish origin
Examples
- He always kibbitzes when we play poker, telling us what cards to play.
- Stop kibitzing and let them figure it out themselves.
- She kibbitzes with her neighbors every morning over coffee.
- The old man kibbitzes from his park bench, commenting on everyone’s chess moves.
- My grandmother kibbitzes about everything, from cooking to politics.
- Don’t kibbitz during the card game unless someone asks for your opinion.