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moxy

moxy is the alternative form of moxie.

Meaning of moxie

Noun

moxie (uncountable)

  1. (US, informal) Nerve, spunk, strength of character.
    • “Most definitely not!” replied Ms. Summers, who quickly added that she admired the woman’s moxie and, anyway, the day was hot.2021 July 22, Guy Trebay, “Suddenly It’s Bare Season”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  2. (US, informal) Verve.
    • As a girl she had speed and a knock-kneed moxie at athletics, and might have done more with it if she hadn't harvested all the glory already.1971, John Updike, Rabbit Redux, page 401
    Synonyms:
    vigor, pep, energy, initiative
  3. (US, informal) Wit, smarts, skill.
    Synonyms:
    know-how

Questions about moxy

What is moxy the alternative form of?
Moxy is the alternative form of moxie.

Words near moxy in the dictionary

  1. Moxon
  2. Moxonian
  3. moxonidine
  4. Moxons
  5. Moxos
  6. moxy
  7. Moy
  8. moya
  9. moyai
  10. moyais
  11. moyamoya

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moxy (page history and authors); moxie (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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