Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Variant of chutzpah.

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word hutzpa.

Examples

  • And while hutzpa might be a Yiddish word, Jews certainly don't hold the monopoly on it.

    THE BLACK KETTLE 2009

  • Oh, the sweet bitter irony - otherwise known in the language of the Prophets as vacuous, stunning "hutzpa" - of it all ...

    Israel At Level Ground 2010

  • Its not just vision that drives the world's self-made billionaires togo beyondthe $100 million mark, but the gung-ho to stick to their vision and the 'hutzpa' to pull it off.

    Are You A Biollionaire In The Making? 2008

  • Thanks are largely due to Zelda Fichandler: a woman with a dream — and the hutzpa — to make it come true.

    Theater in the United States. 2009

  • Full of passionate daring and personal hutzpa, only a poet could have written The Nakedness of the Fathers.

    Alicia Suskin Ostriker. 2009

  • Synonyms: audaciousness (n), audacity (n), hutzpa (n).

    "Our Last, Best Hope" 2008

  • Today it has taken the form of what can be called the height of hutzpa - a simple, shameless refusal to grant a get.

    JPost.com - Front Page 2010

  • Well there went my brief admiration for the man …. .thought he had enough honour and hutzpa to stand up to the far right in his party but NO!!!

    CNN Political Ticker 2009

  • Well there went my brief admiration for the man …. .thought he had enough honour and hutzpa to stand up to the far right in his party but NO!!!

    CNN Political Ticker 2009

  • Fortunately, she had picked up a certain amount of Israeli hutzpa over the years, enough to get her film funded and shot.

    JPost Headlines 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.