zhoosh

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ʒʊʃ/, /ʒʊʒ/

Verb

zhoosh (zhooshes, present participle zhooshing; past zhooshed, 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

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

Verb

zhoosh (zhooshes, present participle zhooshing; past zhooshed, past participle zhooshed)

1. To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer.

   Throw it all in a blender and zhoosh it until it's creamy smooth.

Noun

zhoosh (plural zhooshes)

1. The action of mixing ingredients using an electric food mixer; a pulse of mixing.

   Give the eggs and milk a quick zhoosh in the blender.

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