chutzpa

English - Turkish

Definition of chutzpa in English Turkish dictionary

cüret

küstahlık

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chutzpah

{i} küstahlık

chutzpah

{i} cüret

English - English

Definition of chutzpa in English English dictionary

alternative spelling of chutzpah

(Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity

{i} (Yiddish) nerve, gall, audacity, guts, "balls", boldness; self-confidence, courage, spunk

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chutzpah

Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion

If the service is rotten and the meal a disaster, we should withhold a tip and explain why we are doing so. Few of us have the chutzpah to do this.

chutzpah

Colossal nerve Theodore Bickelwho murdered his parents, then pled for mercy in court because he was an orphanhas chutzpah

chutzpah

Lit Nerve, gall, guts (Something brazenly outrageous )

chutzpah

Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence

chutzpah

chutz·pah in AM, also use chutzpa approval If you say that someone has chutzpah, you mean that you admire the fact that they are not afraid or embarrassed to do or say things that shock, surprise, or annoy other people. Einstein had the chutzpah to discard common sense and long-established theory. a lot of confidence and courage to do something, especially something that might involve being impolite to someone in authority - used to show approval = nerve (huspah)

chutzpah

(Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity

chutzpah

(n ) Nerve: It took a lot of chutzpah for Michael to stand up to his father

chutzpah

Yiddish for gall, nerve, arrogance, willingness to flout convention

chutzpah

{i} (Yiddish) nerve, gall, audacity, guts, "balls", boldness; self-confidence, courage, spunk

Hyphenation

chutz·pa

Etymology

(noun.) 1892. Yiddish khutspe, from Late Hebrew huspAh.