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chutzpah
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity [syn: chutzpa , hutzpah ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Chutzpah is a Hebrew term for audacity or nerve. Chutzpah may also refer to: ¡Chutzpah! , an album by The Wildhearts Chutzpah Magazine , a national print and online magazine; see Chinese science fiction Chutzpah! , a book by Alan Dershowitz
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also hutzpah , 1892, from Yiddish khutspe "impudence, gall." from Hebrew hutspah . The classic definition is that given by Leo Rosten: "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
chutzpa \chutzpa\, chutzpah \chutzpah\n. [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.
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 “.