- chutzpah
- also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa noun Etymology: Yiddish khutspe, from Late Hebrew ḥuṣpāh Date: 1883 supreme self-confidence ; nerve, gall Synonyms: see temerity
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chutzpah — or chutzpa [hoots′pə, khoots′pə; hoots′pä, khoots′pä] n. 〚Yiddish < Heb〛 Informal shameless audacity; impudence; brass * * * chutz·pah also hutz·pah (KHo͝otʹspə, ho͝otʹ ) n. Utter nerve; effrontery: “has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and… … Universalium
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chutzpah — [n] fearlessness arrogance, audacity, backbone*, balls*, boldness, brass, gall, nerve, spine*; concept 633 … New thesaurus
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chutzpah — chutzpa chutzpa, chutzpah chutzpah . [Yiddish khutzpa.] aggressive boldness or unmitigated effrontery; gall; as, he had the chutzpah to question my decision. [Also spelled {hutzpa}, and {hutzpah}.] Syn: audacity, audaciousness. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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