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The meaning of CHUTZPAH is supreme self-confidence : nerve, gall. How to use chutzpah in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Chutzpah.
CHUTZPAH definition: 1. unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty 2. unusual and…. Learn more.
Chutzpah (Yiddish: חוצפה - / ˈ x ʊ t s p ə, ˈ h ʊ t-/) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. A close English equivalent is sometimes "hubris". The word derives from the Hebrew ḥuṣpāh (חֻצְפָּה), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity".
If you have chutzpah, you say what you think without worrying about hurting someone's feelings, looking silly, or getting in trouble. A display of chutzpah is meant to make a statement, like the chutzpah of the girl who shaves her head in protest of impossible beauty standards.
CHUTZPAH meaning: 1. unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty 2. unusual and…. Learn more.
(slang) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion; Wiktionary. Synonyms: hutzpah. chutzpa. nerve. gall. audacity. uppityness. presumptuousness. pertness. overconfidence. nerviness. insolence. incivility. impudency. impudence. cheekiness. Origin of Chutzpah.
Definition of chutzpah noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
chutz·pah. also hutz·pah (KHo͝ot′spə, ho͝ot′-) 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 .]
Chutzpah is a Yiddish word that means arrogance, impudence, gall or audacity. Chutzpah is one of many Yiddish words that have been adopted into English and are included in English dictionaries. Find more Yiddish words here.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun chutzpah. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
