chutzpah
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noun \ˈhu̇t-spə, ˈḵu̇t-, -(ˌ)spä\Definition of CHUTZPAH
See Variants of CHUTZPAH
chutz·pah also chutz·pa or hutz·pah or hutz·pa \ˈhu̇t-spə, ˈḵu̇t-, -(ˌ)spä\
Examples of CHUTZPAH
- <had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim>
Origin of CHUTZPAH
Yiddish khutspe, from Late Hebrew ḥuṣpāh
First Known Use: 1883
Related to CHUTZPAH
- Synonyms
- audaciousness, audacity, brashness, brass, brassiness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, effrontery (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa), crust, face, gall, nerve, nerviness, pertness, presumption, presumptuousness, sauce, sauciness, temerity
See Synonym Discussion at temerity
Rhymes with CHUTZPAH
aba, Accra, aha, Allah, amah, Armagh, Artois, ayah, Bekaa, bourgeois, brava, chamois, Chechnya, Chita, compas, Degas, dolma, Dubois, Dunois, éclat, fa la, faux pas, fellah, Fermat, feta, foie gras, gaga, galah, Galois, goombah, grandma, grandpa, ha-ha, halvah, Hama, hoo-ha, hoopla, Hsia, hurrah, huzzah, Konya, Makah, Marat, markka, Maurois, mirepoix, mudra, Oita, oompah, opah, Oujda, quinoa, paisa, pasha, patois, pooh-bah, prutah, pya, Sanaa, sangfroid, selah, Seurat, Shema, Shoah, sol-fa, supra, Syrah, ta-ta, tola, Tonghua, Ufa, Utah, Vaudois, viva, voilà, wah-wah, whoopla
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