noun
- extreme self-confidence or audacity; nerve
Usage: informal; from Yiddish
Examples
- It takes real chutzpah to ask for a raise after being late every day.
- She had the chutzpah to criticize the chef’s cooking at his own restaurant.
- His chutzpah in challenging the CEO’s decision impressed everyone.
- I can’t believe the chutzpah of that driver who cut in front of the ambulance.
- You’ve got to admire her chutzpah for starting her own business at 65.
- The student showed incredible chutzpah by correcting the professor in front of the class.