Definition of chutzpah

chutzpah

noun - uncountable

• audacity.

  Mel Brooks production of "The Producers," spoofing the Holocaust, with an all-Jewish cast showed real "chutzpah"!

  Last edited on Aug 05 2015. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

• spirit.

  Last edited on Aug 25 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 02 2009.

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