chutzpah
pronunciation
How to pronounce chutzpah in British English:
UK [ˈxʊtspə]
How to pronounce chutzpah in American English:
US [ˈūʊtspə, ˈhʊt-]
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- Noun:
- (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
Word Origin
- chutzpah (n.)
- also hutzpah, 1892, from Yiddish khutspe "impudence, gall." from Hebrew hutspah. The classic definition is that given by Leo Rosten: "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan."
Example
- 1. I think it 's chutz ...... chutzpah .
- 2. Indeed , austin would be totally incapable of showing as much chutzpah .
- 3. If there were an olympics of chutzpah , they two will be the final competitors .
- 4. Neither smiles much , although the humour is there in their architectural chutzpah .
- 5. I love a client with some chutzpah , some moxie , right ?