zhoosh

English

Alternative forms

• tszuj
• zhuzh

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ʒʊʃ/, /ʒʊʒ/

Verb

zhoosh (third-person singular simple present zhooshes, present participle zhooshing, simple past and past participle zhooshed)

1. (transitive, originally Polari, UK and Australia, slang) To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up.
   • 2013, Hilary Mantel, ‘Royal Bodies’, London Review of Books, 35.IV:

     Get your pink frilly frocks out, zhuzh up your platinum locks. We are all Barbara Cartland now.

Adjective

zhoosh (comparative more zhoosh, superlative most zhoosh)

1. (South Africa, slang) stylish, hot, cool