moxie

mox·ie  (mks)

n. Slang

1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.

2. Aggressive energy; initiative: "His prose has moxie, though it rushes and stumbles from a pent-up surge" (Patricia Hampl).

3. Skill; know-how.

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[From Moxie, trademark for a soft drink.]

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moxie [ˈmɒksɪ]

n

US and Canadian slang courage, nerve, or vigour

[from the trademark Moxie, a soft drink]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

moxie - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" guts, backbone, grit, gumption, sand fortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech

Translations

moxie moxy [ˈmɒksɪ] N (US) (= courage) → valor m; (= nerve) → sangre fría f; (= vigour) → vigor m, dinamismo m

moxie [ˈmɒksi] n (US) (= guts) to have the moxie to do sth → avoir les tripes de faire qch >

moxie

n (US sl) (= verve, determination) → Power f (inf); (= courage) → Mumm f (inf); (= skill, know-how) → Fachwissen nt, → Sachkenntnis f; he’s got the moxie → er ist ein Powertyp (inf)