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mox·ie
(mŏk′sē)n. Slang
1. The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.
2. Aggressive energy; initiative: "His prose has moxie, though it rushes and stumbles from a pent-up surge" (Patricia Hampl).
3. Skill; know-how.
[From Moxie, trademark for a soft drink with a strong flavor.]
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moxie
(ˈmɒksɪ)n
slang US and Canadian courage, nerve, or vigour
[from the trademark Moxie, a soft drink]
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mox•ie
(ˈmɒk si)n. Slang.
1. vigor; pep.
2. boldness; nerve.
[1925–30, Amer.; after Moxie, trademark name of a soft drink]
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Noun | 1. | moxie - fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" fortitude - strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech |
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moxie
nounSlang. The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely:
braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor.
Informal: spunk, spunkiness.
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moxie
moxy [ˈmɒksɪ] N (US) (= courage) → valor m; (= nerve) → sangre fría f; (= vigour) → vigor m, dinamismo mCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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moxie
n (US sl) (= verve, determination) → Power f (inf); (= courage) → Mumm f (inf); (= skill, know-how) → Fachwissen nt, → Sachkenntnis f; he’s got the moxie → er ist ein Powertyp (inf)
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