chutzpah

Unencumbered by much experience but rich with chutzpah, he talks a producer into putting up the money for a cheapie by promising to make a slick noir with plenty of crime and gunplay.

Yiddish, the language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews across Europe before the Holocaust, is now perhaps best known to many English speakers through words such as "schlep", "klutz" and "chutzpah".

It was part luck and part chutzpah that landed him a spot on the “Leeza” syndicated talk show.

Still, she can’t help but admire the chutzpah of a candidate who channels the rocker Pink.

Liberals either didn’t notice or underestimated his chutzpah and hubris.