kvetch
noun
[ kvɛtʃ ]
• a person who complains a great deal.
• "she emerges as something of a kvetch, constantly nagging Rick"
kvetch
verb
• complain persistently.
• "Jane's kvetching about her crummy existence"
Origin:
1960s: from Yiddish kvetsh (noun), kvetshn (verb), from Middle High German quetschen, literally ‘crush’.
