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zhuzh

UK/ʒʊʒ/

zhuzh is the alternative form of zhoosh.

Meaning of zhoosh

Verb (1)

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

  1. (Australia, UK, slang, transitive) 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.1988, Neil Bartlett, Who Was That Man?, →ISBN, page 82
    Synonyms:
    spice, spruce, sweeten

Verb (2)

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

  1. (informal, transitive) To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer.
    • Throw it all in a blender and zhoosh it until it's creamy smooth.
    Synonyms:
    blitz

See all 5 meanings of zhoosh

Forms of zhuzh

Verb
third-person singular presentzhuzhes
present participlezhuzhing
past participlezhuzhed
pastzhuzhed
Adjective
comparativemore zhuzh
superlativemost zhuzh
Noun
pluralzhuzhes

Origin of zhuzh

Originally from Polari zhoosh.

Words that rhyme with zhuzh

Questions about zhuzh

What is zhuzh the alternative form of?
Zhuzh is the alternative form of zhoosh.
How do you pronounce zhuzh?
Zhuzh is pronounced /ʒʊʒ/ (UK).

Words near zhuzh in the dictionary

  1. Zhuyin alphabet
  2. Zhuyin alphabets
  3. Zhuyin fuhao
  4. zhuz
  5. zhuzes
  6. zhuzh
  7. zhuzhable
  8. zhuzhed
  9. zhuzhes
  10. zhuzhing
  11. Zhuzhou

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: zhuzh (page history and authors); zhoosh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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