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   kvetch

   /kvɛtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. a person who complains a great deal: "she emerges as something of a kvetch, constantly nagging Rick"
   • ▪ a complaint: "‘They don't make 'em like they used to’ has become an all-purpose kvetch"

   verb

   • 1. complain persistently: "Jane's kvetching about her crummy existence"

   Word Origin 1960s: from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb), from Middle High German quetschen, literally ‘crush’.

   Scrabble Points: 18

   • K

     5

   • V

     4

   • E

     1

   • T

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

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