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Meanings of gumption in English

Portuguese
bom senso
Catalan
sentit

Sound practical judgment.

bom senso
Portuguese
entranhas
Catalan
pebrots
Spanish
agallas

Fortitude and determination.

entranhas
Usage of gumption in English
1
Takes the gumption right out of me. I started to sit up.
Cold Days
2
I could use a dose of Ginger's gumption to really enjoy it.
Down river
3
Those who need the most help haven't the gumption to find it.
The Guardian
4
You have to admire his gumption given the negativity surrounding his profession.
The Irish Times
5
I don't know, maybe I just didn't have the gumption it took.
A good woman
6
With one act of gumption, she exposed everyone else's lack of it.
The Irish Times
7
He was shorter on gumption than any fellow I ever ran across.
Savage
8
These Pistolville crackers hardly have got gumption enough to rob each other.
Alas, Babylon
9
She was full of gumption and her sassy ways appealed to me.
Savage
10
How many nerds would have the gumption to play in that league?
Terminal Compromise
11
You got the knack, got the gumption, you do a crack job.
Hard-boiled wonderland and the end of the world: a novel
12
I oughta wring his neck, but somehow I ain't got the gumption.
The Mutiny of the Elsinore
13
We're afraid he was a poor risk, but we admire his gumption.
The new yorker
14
It don't take much gumption to run a store, does it, William?
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
15
That takes gumption, even if the bosses' power is fading fast.
The Guardian
16
To congratulate them on their gumption, their good old American git-up-and-git.
Mr. Mercedes
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United States of America
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