{
  "moxie":{
    "antonyms":[
      "inexperience"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": courage , determination":[
        "it takes \u2026 moxie to pull up roots and go to a land where the culture and probably the language are totally foreign",
        "\u2014 M. J. McClary"
      ],
      ": energy , pep":[
        "woke up full of moxie"
      ],
      ": know-how":[
        "was impressed with his musical moxie and hired him as a solo"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He showed a lot of moxie in questioning the policy.",
      "it was old-fashioned military moxie that got medical supplies to the disaster site in record time",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Trade to end all trades: At the start of the season, after weeks of rumors and on-again, off-again negotiations, the Wings acquired power forward Brendan Shanahan from the lowly Hartford Whalers to add goals, size, toughness and moxie . \u2014 Gene Myers, Detroit Free Press , 28 May 2022",
      "Author Jen Hatmaker recounts some tales from her past that will truly speak to you and that exemplify her moxie . \u2014 Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day , 9 May 2022",
      "This new Polar Class 6 expedition vessel is a product of Hagen\u2019s visionary leadership as well as a testament to his moxie . \u2014 Irene S. Levine, Forbes , 21 Apr. 2022",
      "Part of the reason for the DNC\u2019s show of moxie is that Biden won the 2020 nomination in the South Carolina primary, despite finishing an embarrassing fourth in the Iowa caucuses and fifth in the New Hampshire primary. \u2014 Walter Shapiro, The New Republic , 28 Mar. 2022",
      "Tucker comes off as such a lovably tough cookie, though, some of that may not be that tough to figure out just from the lifelong moxie alone. \u2014 Chris Willman, Variety , 13 Mar. 2022",
      "The 5-foot-5 Turney displayed moxie with her tenacity on defense to go with a promising offensive game. \u2014 Bobby Narang, chicagotribune.com , 5 Jan. 2022",
      "Now the Aztecs \u2014 who last won an NCAA Tournament game in 2015, losing four of the last five \u2014 will measure their own March moxie . \u2014 Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune , 16 Mar. 2022",
      "Frot, a 10-time Caesar Award-nominee (and two-time winner), brings sufficient moxie and resilience to her part and proves a solid presence, but her character doesn\u2019t unfold and grow in satisfying enough ways. \u2014 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times , 30 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1930, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from Moxie , a trademark for a soft drink":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8m\u00e4k-s\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "chops",
      "experience",
      "expertise",
      "know-how",
      "proficiency",
      "savvy",
      "skills"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-072836",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}