chutzpah - definition of chutzpah by The Free Dictionary
chutz·pah also hutz·pah (KHo ot′spə, ho ot′-) n. Utter nerve; effrontery: "has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality" (New York Times). [Yiddish khutspe, from Mishnaic Hebrew ḥuṣpâ, from ḥāṣap, to be insolent; see ḥṣp in Semitic roots.]...