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Definition: Kvetch |
KvetchVerb1. Express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness; "My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick about". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Slang | Noun. Source: An altered term that originated in the Yiddish language, none of the members can justify that claim yet they use the term anyway. Definition: The loose translation is to complain, yet their version means bitch, as in an insult. Context: It is used in male to male arguments it doesn't relate to the common bitch meaning, which is derogatory towards women. Social Source: Drinking Buddies. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
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Synonyms: KvetchSynonyms: complain (v), kick (v), plain (v), quetch (v), sound off (v). (additional references) |
| Antonym: cheer (v). (additional references) |
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| "Kvetch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Kvetch" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
kvetch | 110 |
download kvetch | 5 |
comedy kvetch studio | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "kvetch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Thai | บ่น (คำไม่เป็นทางการ), "ุว่า (scold, squawk). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "kvetch": kvetched, kvetches, kvetchier, kvetchiest, kvetching, kvetchy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-k-t-v" | |
-1 letter: ketch, vetch. | |
-2 letters: etch, heck, khet. | |
-3 letters: eth, het, the, vet. | |
-4 letters: eh, et, he. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-k-t-v" | |
+1 letter: kvetchy. | |
+2 letters: kvetched, kvetches. | |
+3 letters: kvetchier, kvetching. | |
+4 letters: kvetchiest. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4B 76 65 74 63 68 |
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.- ...- . - -.-. .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001011 01110110 01100101 01110100 01100011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)K v e t c h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004B 0076 0065 0074 0063 0068 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)458871866974 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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