What does spruce mean?

verb. spruced; sprucing. Kids Definition of spruce (Entry 2 of 3) : to make (someone or something) neat or stylish in appearance Fresh paint spruced up the room.

Does spruce mean smart?

The verb spruce up means “to make neat or smart in appearance,” and it first appeared in English around the end of the 1500s. Spruce leather was used to make a style of jerkin that ended up being popular among the well-to-do and fashionable.

Why is it called spruce?

From Middle English Spruce, an alteration of Pruce (“Prussia”), from Medieval Latin, from a Baltic language, probably Old Prussian; for more, see Prussia. Spruce, spruse (1412), and Sprws (1378) were terms for commodities brought to England by Hanseatic merchants (beer, wood, leather).

What type of word is spruce?

adjective, spruc·er, spruc·est. trim in dress or appearance; neat; smart; dapper.

What does spruce smell like?

When you think of a traditional Christmas tree scent, that is what a Norway Spruce smells like. Wonderfully fresh with a hint of citrus, the distinctive pine fragrance is known to fill the space around it.

What does all spruced up mean?

phrasal verb. If something is spruced up, its appearance is improved. If someone is spruced up, they have made themselves look very smart. Many buildings have been spruced up.

Where is Zhuzh from?

Some attribute the word to Polari, a kind of slang used in the British underground performing arts as well as the gay subculture; the OED cites use (with the spelling zhoosh) that dates to 1977.

What is a spruce tree look like?

Spruce trees can be identified by their needles which have four sides. Each needle is individually attached to the branch and can be rolled easily between your fingers. Another way to identify spruce trees is by their cones that are covered with smooth thin scales. Spruce trees have bushy branches that point up.

What does it mean under your breath?

phrase. If you say something under your breath, you say it in a very quiet voice, often because you do not want other people to hear what you are saying.

Why do Christmas trees smell like cat pee?

White spruce is sometimes referred to as “Cat-piss spruce” because of the strong odor of broken needles. Broken needles have a strong foul smell resembling skunk or cat urine. Cones grow mainly high in the tree and fall after ripening.

What wood smells like pee?

I think you must mean cat spruce, sometimes also called cat-piss spruce. This is a natural variety of white spruce (Picea glauca), not technically a pine tree (all true pines are in the genus Pinus) but nevertheless in the family Pinaceae. Cat spruce produces from its needles and its wood a smell of urine.