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Noun: hutzpah
Usage: US (elsewhere: chutzpah)
  1. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity
    "It took real hutzpah to ask for a raise after being late every day";
    - chutzpa [US], chutzpah

Derived forms: hutzpahs

Type of: cheekiness, crust, freshness, gall, impertinence, impudence, insolence

Encyclopedia: Hutzpah