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/ʒʊʃ/ · verb
(transitive, originally Polari, UK and Australia, slang) To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up..
Mostly the words are dusted off and brought out when we wish to zhoosh up the conversation, to announce a particular delight in our queenly style.
Mr. Warburton, a volunteer, swept into the group’s headquarters in the Hotel Pennsylvania, a team of hair stylists in tow, his objective to “zhoosh up” the women’s looks, he said.
Christmas dinner is stressful enough without busting out recipes you’ve never made before. That said, if Sue is after a little zhoosh, she might want to consider how she dresses her veg.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:zhoosh.
Thank you for your happiness and your eternal Bona-ness and zhoosh.
I grew up in a rain-lashed industrial town near London. Glamour and excitement were thin on the ground. The Swinging Sixties had yet to swing. No telly, no luxuries, no zhoosh. Except at Christmas time. Once a year, the local department store would festoon the window displays with twinkly lights and fake garland.
Beyond the zhoosh, spangle and splendour, there’s substance to the development too.
Throw it all in a blender and zhoosh it until it's creamy smooth.
Use zhoosh when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Zhoosh means (transitive, originally Polari, UK and Australia, slang) To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up..
Common synonyms include spice, spruce, sweeten, à la mode.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Mostly the words are dusted off and brought out when we wish to zhoosh up the conversation, to announce a particular delight in our queenly style.
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