zhoosh

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.

Mr. Warburton, a volunteer, swept into the group’s headquarters in the Hotel Pennsylvania, a team of hair stylists in tow, his objective to “zhoosh up” the women’s looks, he said.

stylish, hot, cool

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Style, glamor (especially in regard to clothing).

Thank you for your happiness and your eternal Bona-ness and zhoosh.

I grew up in a rain-lashed industrial town near London. Glamour and excitement were thin on the ground. The Swinging Sixties had yet to swing. No telly, no luxuries, no zhoosh. Except at Christmas time. Once a year, the local department store would festoon the window displays with twinkly lights and fake garland.