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CHUTZPA

Dictionary entry overview: What does chutzpa mean?

• CHUTZPA (noun)
The noun CHUTZPA has 1 sense:

1. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity

Familiarity information: CHUTZPA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHUTZPA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

chutzpa; chutzpah; hutzpah

Hypernyms ("chutzpa" is a kind of...):

cheekiness; crust; freshness; gall; impertinence; impudence; insolence (the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties)

Domain category:

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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