chutzpah (redirected from Khutzpah)

chutz·pah also hutz·pah  (tsp, ht-)

n.

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

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[Yiddish khutspe, from Mishnaic Hebrew upâ, from ap, to be insolent; see p in Semitic roots.]

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chutzpah, hutzpah [ˈxʊtspə]

n

Informal shameless audacity; impudence

[from Yiddish]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

chutzpah - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity chutzpa, hutzpah cheekiness, insolence, impertinence, impudence, crust, freshness, gall - the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties Yiddish - a dialect of High German including some Hebrew and other words; spoken in Europe as a vernacular by many Jews; written in the Hebrew script

Translations

chutzpah

n → Chuzpe f