chutzpah
hutzpah
/ (ˈxʊtspə) /
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noun
informal shameless audacity; impudence
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Word Origin for chutzpah
C20: from Yiddish
Words nearby chutzpah
Chu Teh, chute the chute, chutist, chutney, chutzpa, chutzpah, Chuuk, Chuuk Islands, Chuvash, Chuvash Autonomous Republic, Chuvashia
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Cultural definitions for chutzpah
chutzpah
[ (khoot-spuh, hoot-spuh) ]
Yiddish term for courage bordering on arrogance, roughly equivalent to “nerve” (in the slang sense): “It took a lot of chutzpah to make such a controversial statement.”
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