adj
Meaning 1
Excellent, very good.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Geordie, slang
Examples
- That car owwer there is propa cush!
Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
cush
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/kʊʃ/
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Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /kʉʃ/
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rhymes with -ʊʃ
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homophone: kush
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/kʌʃ/
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CMU ARPABET: K AH1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K UH1 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Cushy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2015, Edward John Barrington Douglas-Scott-Montagu Baron Montagu of Beaulieu, Jaguar, Chris Hedlund A very cush deal in which Pablo would do a small amount of time in a prison his own people designed and built. Then he would go free. The resort-like prison was so luxurious it had the DEA fuming.
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name
Meaning 3
The son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
Meaning 4
A Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biblical, lifestyle, religion
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name
Meaning 5
An Iron Age kingdom on the middle Nile, in what is now northern Sudan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 6
The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: colloquial
Topics: ball-games, billiards, games, hobbies, lifestyle, pool, snooker, sports
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noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of cuisse (“armor for the thigh”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cuisse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
Alternative spelling of kush (“marijuana”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 9
Alternative form of kush (“marijuana”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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History
Etymology
From cushty, from Romani kushto, kushti (“good”).
From cushy.
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew כוש (kûš, “Ethiopia, Ethiopians”).
From cushion.
Variant of cuisse; compare cuish.
Variant of kush.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كُوش (kūš) — son of Ham
- Arabic: كُوش بْن حَام (kūš bn ḥām) — son of Ham
- Hindi: कूश (kūś) — son of Ham
- Vietnamese: Cúc — son of Ham
- Vietnamese: Cút — son of Ham
- Arabic: كُوش (kūš) — ancient kingdom
- Arabic: مَمْلَكَة كُوش — ancient kingdom
- Egyptian: k-A-S:N25 (kꜣš) — ancient kingdom
- Hindi: कूश (kūś) — ancient kingdom