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moxie
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Word definitions for moxie in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Campanis makes up for her small size with plenty of moxie . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ She is utterly fearless and sure of herself, small in stature but large in moxie .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone , grit , guts , sand , gumption ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Moxie \Mox"ie\, n. [fr. Moxie, a trade name for a beverage.] energy; pep. courage, determination. Know-how, expertise. --MW10.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"courage," 1930, from Moxie , brand name of a bitter, non-alcoholic drink, 1885, perhaps as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve;" despite legendary origin stories put out by the company that made it, it is ...
Usage examples of moxie.
Moxie worked on the same principle as the capacitor tiles on these ships.
The streak will not be broken until August the third of this year when Moxie will once more go hitless after hitting in one hundred and one.
Goodgulf, Moxie, and Pepsi mounted their complaining bleaters and spurred on in the evening shadows toward the fabled capital of Twodor.
Frito was shown to a seat about halfway down the table between an unusually deformed dwarf and an elf who smelled like a birdnest, and Moxie and Pepsi were sent to a small table in a corner with the Easter Bunny and a couple of tooth fairies.
Will put down his tote bag and held out his hand, and the cat came up to rub her head against his knuckles, just as Moxie did.