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chutzpah

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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).
[Yiddish khutspe, from Mishnaic Hebrew upâ, from ap, to be insolent; see p in Semitic roots.]
chutzpah, hutzpah [ˈxʊtspə]
n
Informal shameless audacity; impudence
[from Yiddish]
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Noun1.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
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