moxie
/ˈmɒksi
/(also moxy)
noun [mass noun] North American informal
Force of character, determination, or nerve: when you’ve got the moxie, you need the clothes to match...
- We live longer and I think that we have more strength, determination, grit and moxie.
- The dog consisted entirely of nerves, springs and moxie, and brought out the puppy in Jasper Dog.
- I admired its moxie, its determination to be nothing more than a cheesy, exploitative, effects-driven popcorn movie.
Origin
1930s: from Moxie, the proprietary name of a soft drink.
Rhymes
- well balanced
- well beam
- well-beaten
- well-bedded
- well-befitting
- well-begun
- well behaved
- well-being
- well-beknown
- well-beloved
- well-benched
- well-beneficed
- well beseen
- well bespoken
- well-blacked
- well-blended
- well-blooded
- well-boat
- well-boden
- well-bodied
- well-boding
- well-boiled
- well-boned
- well booted
- well borer