tszuj

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

Scrabble 21

Meanings

verbtszuj (third-person singular simple present tszujes, present participle tszujing, simple past and past participle tszujed)

present singular third person tszujes · participle present tszujing · participle past tszujed · past tszujed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of zhoosh.

    I finish, I go get dressed, and head back into the bathroom to tszuj my hair and leave.

    2008, Heath L. Buckmaster, Homo Sarcasmus — The Best of the Blog Volume 1.0, page 49
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    When I worked at Ralph Lauren, whenever we were styling looks for runway shows or on models, Ralph and Jerry Lauren would turn to me and say, “Carson give that a little tszuj.” “Tszuj it” just means tweak it, finesse it, make it better, make it personal.

    2004, Carson Kressley, Off the Cuff, The Art of the Tszuj

    As I tszuj my newly freed hair, I realise that the plait has left me with some sort of crimped effect. I run my hands over it, but I can feel how big and eighties it must be looking.

    2019, Portia MacIntosh, Honeymoon For One

Origin

  1. Polarizhoosh
  2. Englishtszuj

Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.

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APA

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Chicago

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

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