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Definition of Hutzpah
1. Noun. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity.
Exact synonyms: Chutzpa, Chutzpah
Generic synonyms: Cheekiness, Crust, Freshness, Gall, Impertinence, Impudence, Insolence
Category relationships: Yiddish
Generic synonyms: Cheekiness, Crust, Freshness, Gall, Impertinence, Impudence, Insolence
Category relationships: Yiddish
Definition of Hutzpah
1. chutzpah [n -S] - See also: chutzpah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hutzpah
Literary usage of Hutzpah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Jewish Contributions to Civilization: An Estimate by Joseph Jacobs (1920)
"... affairs with a certain detachment, and they both wrote with an iridescent
insolence which can only be described by the Jewish technical word hutzpah. ..."
2. Under the Sabbath Lamp: Stories of Our Time for Old and Young by Abram Samuel Isaacs (1919)
"... service what the rabbi's sermon had been about, replied with just scorn: "What,
do you think that I have the hutzpah to understand what the rabbi says? ..."
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