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chutzpah::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | chutzpa, hutzpah |
| Type of | crust, freshness, gall, cheekiness, impudence, insolence, impertinence |
Examples of chutzpah
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Her skill and sheer chutzpah sometimes meant she was forced into the spotlight.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Not everyone has the chutzpah to stride out wearing this season's dark berry lip.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Then Bilbray has the chutzpah to advertise the legislation as tough on employers.
From the signonsandiego.com
But for sheer chutzpah and bulldozer will, Gibbs'greatest coup is hard to beat.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Alex Salmond runs the Scottish National party with an immense amount of chutzpah.
From the guardian.co.uk
You've just entered the DMG zone, where marketing, movies and chutzpah collide.
From the forbes.com
You don't need a password, but you may need chutzpah to request VIP treatment.
From the latimes.com
No other team has had the chutzpah to put a defender on Driver's nose in the slot.
From the jsonline.com
Abzug's signature hats were as wide and as colorful as her crotchety chutzpah.
From the time.com
- Chutzpa: (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
- Chutzpah (/u02C8hu028Atspu0259/ or /u02C8xu028Atspu0259/) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word u1E25utspu00E2 (u05D7u05BBu05D5u05E6u05B0u05E4u05B8u05BCu05D4), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". The modern English usage of the word has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use in film, literature, and television...
- Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion
- Nerve: It took a lot of chutzpah for Michael to stand up to his father.
- Arrogance, guts, presumption. Generally meant positively.
- Insolence, impudence, unmitigated cheek, effrontery.
- Courage, balls, guts, and all such things lacked by the lion in the Wizard of Oz. This is a Yiddish term that the Gus is fond of using.
- Yiddish Extreme level of arrogance and presumption
- (Yiddish: KHUTZ-pah [u, as in push]). Audacity.
