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for moxie
From The 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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
moxie
n 1: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to
try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand,
gumption]
From 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
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018) :
Moxie
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)
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