zhuzh

present singular third person zhuzhes · participle present zhuzhing · participle past zhuzhed · past zhuzhed

1. alternativeAlternative form of zhoosh.

   'Hey, I thought you were going to zhuzh this place up a bit?'

   2022, Caimh McDonnell, This Charming Man (The Stranger Times; 2), →ISBN

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   Get your pink frilly frocks out, zhuzh up your platinum locks. We are all Barbara Cartland now.

   2013 February 21, Hilary Mantel, “Royal Bodies”, in London Review of Books, volume 35, number 4

   “Just put on the emergency poncho and come sit up front with me.” “Formless and generic -- just like me.” “Well, we can zhuzh it up a little. Much better. But you need some hair. Pretty.” “Ugh.”

   2016 April 18, Charles Suozzi, “The Dentist's Wife” (9:29 from the start), in American Dad!, season 13, episode 12, spoken by Francine Smith (Wendy Schaal)

   Jab is looking to bring back the “old school to London’s fitness scene”. But while it draws on the heritage of boxing in Britain and London’s East End, it twists it and zhuzhes it up for those of us who want to get a great workout but with instructors and a really lovely studio.

   2020 March 1, David Williams, Kathleen Johnston, Olive Pometsey, “London’s best boxing gyms”, in GQ UK

   My grandma always used iceberg lettuce, but my cousin and I zhuzh it up with other greens.

   2021, Michelle Dudash, “Simple Green Salad with Tomatoes, Cucumbers, and Lemon-Mint Vinaigrette”, in Clean Eating Kitchen: The Low-Carb Mediterranean Cookbook, Fair Winds Press, →ISBN, page 43

comparative more zhuzh · superlative most zhuzh

1. alternativeAlternative form of zhoosh.

   1 more example

   Dorian limped into my flat and, although he sported a grey, strappy moon-boot, he appeared the fabulous, famous fashionista, what with a scarlet silk shirt, lime linen trousers and a lime-green paisley velvet waistcoat. Sounds quite hideous, I realise, but he looked so zhuzh! Maybe one had to be there. Actually Dorian was a rather well known fashion designer and was becoming more in demand by the minute.

   2014, Joanne Brodie, People Who Are Addicted To Sex, →ISBN

plural zhuzhes

1. alternativeuncountableusuallyAlternative form of zhoosh.

   But as the evening wore on, nearly all of them ended outside on the deck, enjoying the cool evening air and the stunning sunset view. Rocky had been right. A deck was just the thing this lodge needed to give it some zhuzh.

   2021, Diane Kelly, Getaway With Murder (The Mountain Lodge Mysteries; 1), →ISBN