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chutzpah

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Chutzpah ( or ) is the quality of audacity , for good or for bad. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word , meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". The modern English usage of the word has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through ...

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n. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity [syn: chutzpa , hutzpah ]

Usage examples of chutzpah.

He had no idea who the commander of the hos­tiles might be, but if the son of a bitch had chutzpah enough to attack Mamud this close to Baghdad, then he was probably a pretty tough bastard.

It included Madame LaSalle-Guerinot, who was looking pissed as all get out, the colonel, a couple of senior police officers and Mike, who had forced his way in through sheer chutzpah.

We found a couple of seats on the aisle and, as we settled in,I wondered why he'd decided to put me on the spot like this I've got a certain amount of chutzpah but I didn't have the brass neck to sit through this particular movie in the company of Jesus without feeling uncomfortable.

Here, now, was the make-or-break point for his scheme, and all the persiflage, verbal misdirection, charm, chutzpah, and bullshit he could muster weren't going to be enough, not even tied up with a big blue bow.

To do it in this setting displays a certain chutzpah that he cannot help but admire.

And he walked on the caper, white trash chutzpah carrying him through, no one informing the police powers that be that a dead man robbed the Happy Time Liquor Store, drove a stolen La Salle up to the front door of Sergeant Turner “.