Definition of "hutzpah" [hutzpah]

• Variant of chutzpah. (noun)

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• "So sad the US program management at JPL and HQ has never had the hutzpah to walk away from this turkey (hmm, fat and flightless (domesticated) bird ...)"
• "And they have the hutzpah to criticize other networks for not indulging them???"
• "Extra hutzpah points: Considering Ford's questionable, shifting and politically calculated statements on marriage equality, his reference to "my wife" is especially grating."