What is kibitz?

Question

What is kibitz?

Answer 1

To chit chat -  its yiddish

Answer 2

its a yiddish-ism of a hebrew word. Kibitzing is a person giving advice on something -- usually on a subject that they arent necessarily supposed to have any say on. for example, during a chess game someone might come up and start giving advice to one of the players. this is known as kibitizing.

Answer 3

1. To look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others.

2. To chat; converse.

It's yiddish.

Answer 4

To look on and offer unwanted, usually meddlesome advice to others.

To chat; converse.

Answer 5

The word is yiddish. My grandma used the word to describe the talking that went on when she got together with her friends to play cards.

Answer 6

A Jewish settlement in Palestrine.:)

Oh, in a game.:)  A spectator who gives advice is a kibitzer.