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Definition of Chutzpa

1. Noun. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity.

Definition of Chutzpa

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of chutzpah) ¹

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Definition of Chutzpa

1. chutzpah [n -S] - See also: chutzpah

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chutzpa

Literary usage of Chutzpa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Convention by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1891)
"But we would not do that because they would think that is chutzpa on our part. Isn't it more chutzpa on our part to ask the World's Commission to open the ..."

2. Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis by Central Conference of American Rabbis (1891)
"But we would not do that because they would think that is chutzpa on our part. Isn't it more chutzpa on our part to ask the World's Commission to open the ..."

3. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"How's that for chutzpa. . . . He hurriedly added [before I unloaded on him] that these demands are not acceptable and we are negotiating with them and ..."

4. Cartanian Geometry, Nonlinear Waves, and Control Theory by Robert Hermann (1979)
"Thus, the collective body of physicists are in the classic chutzpa position--killing my support, and then complaining that I take alternate steps! ..."

5. Stranger to Death by Robert Della Valle (2000)
"... "You ain't kidding. I use that line on the suspects I deal with. The minute they hear that, they know that the game is over. Talk about chutzpa. ..."

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