Definitions
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- verb transitive, slang To
tweak ,finesse orimprove (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually withup . - adjective South Africa, slang
stylish ,hot ,cool
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Examples
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Totally unrelated ... as I was researching zhoosh, I found UrbanDictionary. com, and one of their new phrases is "No Wukkas".
Sonos drewan 2005
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Puts it in a car and it zhooms, on a skateboard and zhoosh.
TreeHugger 2009
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Channel Nine Corporate Affairs Manager Scott Briggs explained that what Ms Kennerley actually said was "too zhoosh".
newmatilda.com - Comments lazyd 2009
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When you fluff up pillows on your well-worn sofa, or turn your shirt sleeves up just-so, or sprinkle some spices over your morning eggs, you may be engaging in the art of the “jeuje.” Or is it “zhoosh”? Make that “zhuzh.”However it’s spelled, the word is used to convey what is often hard to: the act of adding an extra something special, a little oomph, to a dish, hairdo, outfit or any number of things.
‘Jeuje,’ ‘Zhoosh,’ ‘Zhuzh’: A Word of Many Spellings, and Meanings (Published 2022) 2026
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v., Originally among homosexual men (Polari slang): to make more stylish or smart; to enliven, make more exciting. Often zhoosh up. - OED
A word I've heard countless times (most often on television, as things were being done to hair with mousse), and had no idea how to spell; today, zhoosh (IPA: /ʒʊʃ/) appears more often under variant spellings, for the very same reason— See: zhuzh, tszuj, zhoozh..
August 31, 2008