moxie

4 definitions found

moxie - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

moxie - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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)
  

moxie - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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