Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ability to face difficulty with spirit and courage.
- noun Aggressive energy; initiative.
- noun Skill; know-how.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun energy; pep.
- noun courage, determination.
- noun Know-how, expertise.
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- noun
backbone ,determination andfortitude - noun
initiative orskill
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun fortitude and determination
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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The term moxie is slang for vigor, courage, aggressiveness, skill, and know-how.
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The term moxie is slang for vigor, courage, aggressiveness, skill, and know-how.
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This sort of moxie is not news to Rebecca Miller, executive director of the D.C. Preservation League, who has been working with Highsmith for years to capture images of D. C.'s sometimes less than sexy historical points.
Carol Highsmith, on a 16-year quest to photograph America for the Library of Congress Neely Tucker 2010
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Scene: Thursday afternoon, Taurasi all ponytail, freckles and moxie is standing in her team's locker room holding court with reporters.
USATODAY.com - Connecticut's Taurasi handling the pressure 2001
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Flowers prefers "moxie" - having the energy, courage and perseverance to see a venture through to success.
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When I was a younger man, I displayed a fair amount of moxie, which is the perfect noun to demonstrate exactly how long ago that was.
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The term moxie means natural ability, comptetency, or talent.
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Milbury is one of the league's most colorful figures, and the consensus around the draft venue was his moxie should be admired if nothing else.
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Griffan averaged 15.1 minutes per game this year, but he might be ready to show the same kind of moxie that his older brother has displayed for the past four years.
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We're fascinated by, among other things, the president's dog, the president's sleeves, the president's wife's lack of sleeves and accompanying "moxie," and the president's daughters 'swing sets.
Invidious Statistics 2009
john commented on the word moxie
Tastes like medicine, yet I love it.
December 12, 2006
samoritan commented on the word moxie
This is one of those words that I would love to see come back into general usage. It's just so retro!
May 17, 2007
john commented on the word moxie
Retro? I had a cool, refreshing moxie at lunch today. How can it be retro, if it's always in style?
October 17, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word moxie
Wearing a sea foam green polyester suit with a pink ruffled shirt and white patent leather shoes takes moxie.
On a side note, why isn't sea foam one word? Both Dictionary.com & Word want to split in half. I think that the two halves want to sit together.
October 17, 2007
arby commented on the word moxie
I agree 100% jr, and I know I've seen it spelled that way before - usually in the context of decorating or clothing.
This lovely bridesmaid's dress in seafoam green will flatter any complexion - yada yada yada
Another burning question - is there any other word that can follow/modify seafoam aside from green? Or should we just say the expression is always seafoam green and be done with it?
October 17, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word moxie
I think spelling seafoam as two words takes moxie.
October 17, 2007
uselessness commented on the word moxie
Well arby, people used to use the phrase seafoam moist, but that fell out of favor pretty quickly. So yeah, green is all that's left. ;-)
October 17, 2007
arby commented on the word moxie
Eww, seafoam moist sounds so nasty.
November 27, 2007
frindley commented on the word moxie
Wikipedia describes the product Moxie as a recreational soft drink. Does anyone know how that differs from an ordinary soft drink?
April 20, 2008
plethora commented on the word moxie
Maybe it's like recreational drugs, as opposed to medicinal ones.
My daily intake of Coke, for caffeine, is necessary to my continued existence, not always for recreational purposes.
April 20, 2008
fbharjo commented on the word moxie
gentian juice
December 23, 2008