chutzpa
AmericanEtymology
Origin of chutzpa
First recorded in 1890–95; from Yiddish khutspa, from Aramaic ḥūṣpā
Example Sentences
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Hamler said he atoned for his drop because he has that short memory that cornerbacks have and the chutzpa that undrafted, overlooked players possess.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021
Forgotten, though, is the chutzpa behind them, a chutzpa that has been a gift to a sport that’s prone to vanilla-ness.
From Golf Digest • Oct. 18, 2019
Who dares to get inside the very heads of strangers, who has the chutzpa to project thoughts and feelings into the minds of others, who steals their very souls?
From Time • Sep. 14, 2016
And Reggie Miller, Dream Team III guard, won the gold medal for chutzpa when he complained about the room service at the deluxe hotel accommodating the U.S. basketball team.
From Time Magazine Archive
That has bred in them a measure of cockiness and that hard-to-define quality known as chutzpa, or sheer gall.
From Time Magazine Archive
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