moxie

moxie
    n 1: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to
         try it" [syn: {backbone}, {grit}, {guts}, {moxie}, {sand},
         {gumption}]
    

Moxie \Mox"ie\, n. [fr. Moxie, a trade name for a beverage.]
   1. energy; pep.
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   2. courage, determination.
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   3. Know-how, expertise. --MW10.
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Moxie

   <language, music> A language for {real-time} computer music
   synthesis, written in {XPL}.

   ["Moxie: A Language for Computer Music Performance",
   D. Collinge, Proc Intl Computer Music Conf, Computer Music
   Assoc 1984, pp.217-220].

   (1994-12-05)
    

109 Moby Thesaurus words for "moxie":
      amperage, animation, armipotence, authority, backbone, beef, birr,
      black power, bottom, breeziness, briskness, brute force,
      bubbliness, charge, charisma, clout, cogence, cogency, compulsion,
      courage, dauntlessness, dint, drive, duress, ebullience, effect,
      effectiveness, effectuality, effervescence, energy, flower power,
      force, force majeure, forcefulness, full blast, full force,
      gameness, go, grit, guts, hardihood, heart, influence,
      intestinal fortitude, life, liveliness, main force, main strength,
      mana, mettle, mettlesomeness, might, might and main, mightiness,
      muscle power, nerve, pep, peppiness, piss and vinegar, pith,
      pizzazz, pluck, pluckiness, poop, potence, potency, potentiality,
      power, power pack, power structure, power struggle, powerfulness,
      prepotency, productiveness, productivity, puissance, pull, punch,
      push, resolution, sand, sinew, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness,
      spunk, spunkiness, stamina, steam, strength, strong arm,
      superiority, superpower, toughness, true grit, tuck, validity,
      vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, virility, virtue, virulence,
      vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, wattage, weight