chutzpah

The definition of chutzpah is a Yiddish word that refers to shameless boldness or almost-arrogant courage.

(noun)

When you go right up to the president of a company and tell him he needs to give you a job, this is an example of chutzpah.

See chutzpah in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Informal shameless audacity; impudence; brass

Origin: Yiddish < Heb

See chutzpah in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also hutz·pah

noun

Utter nerve; effrontery: “has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality” (New York Times).

Origin:

Origin: Yiddish khutspe

Origin: , from Mishnaic Hebrew ḥuṣpâ

Origin: , from ḥāṣap, to be insolent; see ḥṣp in Semitic roots

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