Related Searches
on Ask.com
Synonyms
Nearby Entries
chutzpah - 4 dictionary results
chutz⋅pa
[khoo
t-spuh, hoot-] 
–noun Slang.
| 1. | unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall. |
| 2. | audacity; nerve. |
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2009.
Cite This Source
|
Link To chutzpah
| chutz·pah also hutz·pah (KHŏŏt'spə, hŏŏt'-) n. Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality" (New York Times). [Yiddish khutspe, from Mishnaic Hebrew ḥuṣpâ, from ḥāṣap, to be insolent; see ḥṣp in Semitic roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
chutzpah [(khoot-spuh, hoot-spuh)]
Yiddish term for courage bordering on arrogance, roughly equivalent to “nerve” (in the slang sense): “It took a lot of chutzpah to make such a controversial statement.”
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Cite This Source
chutzpah
1892, from Yiddish khutspe "impudence, gall" from Heb. 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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
Cite This Source
Cite This Source
>
