Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
zhoosh (third-person singular simple present zhooshes, present participle zhooshing, simple past and past participle zhooshed)
(transitive, originally Polari, UK and Australia, slang) To tweak, finesse or improve (something); to make more appealing or exciting. Usually with up.
zhoosh (comparative more zhoosh, superlative most zhoosh)
(South Africa, slang) stylish, hot, cool
Onomatopoeic (from the sound of the blender).
zhoosh (third-person singular simple present zhooshes, present participle zhooshing, simple past and past participle zhooshed)
To blend ingredients together using an electric food mixer.
zhoosh (plural zhooshes)
The action of mixing ingredients using an electric food mixer; a pulse of mixing.
Give the eggs and milk a quick zhoosh in the blender.
Source: Wiktionary
20 April 2024
(adjective) of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle
Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.