jush

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A form of zhoosh — To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

verbjush (third-person singular simple present jushes, present participle jushing, simple past and past participle jushed)

present singular third person jushes · participle present jushing · participle past jushed · past jushed

  1. alternativerareAlternative form of zhoosh.

    It's starlets' and socialites' worst nightmare; having spent hours picking out the right frock and 'jushing' hair to perfection, the heavens open and you're left standing on the red carpet like a drowned rat.

    2014 June 6, Kirsty Blake Knox, “Rain doesn't dampen the spirits at Pride of Ireland”, in Irish Independent
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    Very white collar with his dirty blond hair trendily short at the back and sides, the longer bit on top artfully jushed. Not to mention his designer three-day growth manicured to within an inch of its dirty blond life.

    2017, Amy Andrews, Playing With Forever

Origin

  1. Polarizhoosh
  2. Englishjush

Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jush,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jush.

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