hutzpah
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hutz·pah
(KHo͝ot′spə, ho͝ot′-)n.
Variant of chutzpah.
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hutzpah
(ˈxʊtspə)n
a variant spelling of chutzpah
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| Noun | 1. | hutzpah - (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity 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 |
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chutzpah
also hutzpahnoun
The state or quality of being impudent or arrogantly self-confident:
assumption, audaciousness, audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, cheek, cheekiness, discourtesy, disrespect, effrontery, face, familiarity, forwardness, gall, impertinence, impudence, impudency, incivility, insolence, nerve, nerviness, overconfidence, pertness, presumptuousness, pushiness, rudeness, sassiness, sauciness.
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