jush

English

Etymology

Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh.

Verb

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

1. (rare) Alternative form of zhoosh.
   • 2014 June 6, Kirsty Blake Knox, “Rain doesn't dampen the spirits at Pride of Ireland”, in Irish Independent‎^[1]:

     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.

   • 2017, Amy Andrews, Playing With Forever:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:zhoosh.