variants
or less commonly kibbitz
kibitzed also kibbitzed; kibitzing also kibbitzing; kibitzes also kibbitzes
: to observe as a kibitzer
especially
: to be a kibitzer at
kibitz a card game
Synonyms
Examples of kibitz in a Sentence
They sat around kibitzing about their children.
My uncle likes to kibitz when I play poker with my cousins.
He likes to kibitz our poker games.
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The eclectic — some could argue eccentric — dealers kibitzed about business trends and marveled about how quickly kids’ interests were changing as groups of boys sat on the floor showing off their favorite cards.
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Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
Peter Bart, former editor of Variety and head of production at Paramount, recalled that kibitzing at commissaries often led to dealmaking — and even Oscars.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
Parterre Box embraced both the sublime and ridiculous aspects of the art form with a breathless, over-the-top tone familiar to the gay fans who kibitzed during intermissions at the Metropolitan Opera.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
That June, Pras says, he had been invited by Frank White Jr., then the vice chairman of the president’s reelection campaign and one of Obama’s top fundraisers, to an intimate event in Miami, where for $40,000, donors could sit and kibitz with the president.
—Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
Guys who kibitz, inform and entertain all the way through.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
Instead, Cora and other members of the baseball operations staff enjoyed kibitzing with Celtics coach Brad Stevens, a visiting dignitary to Fenway in one of the organization’s busiest — and in some ways, most exciting — weeks of the year.
—Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
Failed ex-candidates should kibitz seldom, and then without coy evasions; Mrs. Clinton deserved the rebuke.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019
Her approach comes out of the early online communities that sprang up around shows, where fans could kibitz and argue, exchanging detailed exegeses of episodes and (back then) bootleg videotapes.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 3 July 2019
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Ken Belson, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
Peter Bart, former editor of Variety and head of production at Paramount, recalled that kibitzing at commissaries often led to dealmaking — and even Oscars.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
Parterre Box embraced both the sublime and ridiculous aspects of the art form with a breathless, over-the-top tone familiar to the gay fans who kibitzed during intermissions at the Metropolitan Opera.
—Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
That June, Pras says, he had been invited by Frank White Jr., then the vice chairman of the president’s reelection campaign and one of Obama’s top fundraisers, to an intimate event in Miami, where for $40,000, donors could sit and kibitz with the president.
—Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
Guys who kibitz, inform and entertain all the way through.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 Nov. 2020
Instead, Cora and other members of the baseball operations staff enjoyed kibitzing with Celtics coach Brad Stevens, a visiting dignitary to Fenway in one of the organization’s busiest — and in some ways, most exciting — weeks of the year.
—Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2020
Failed ex-candidates should kibitz seldom, and then without coy evasions; Mrs. Clinton deserved the rebuke.
—Nr Editors, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019
Her approach comes out of the early online communities that sprang up around shows, where fans could kibitz and argue, exchanging detailed exegeses of episodes and (back then) bootleg videotapes.
—Jennifer Szalai, New York Times, 3 July 2019
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“Kibitz.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kibitz. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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