Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cush

/kʊʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
cush
IPA
/kʊʃ/
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Excellent, very good.

Slang

adj

Cushy.

noun

The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.

Colloquial

noun

Synonym of cuisse (“armor for the thigh”).

noun

Alternative spelling of kush (“marijuana”).

Uncountable

name

The son of Ham, grandson of Noah, and supposed progenitor of the African peoples.

name

A Benjamite mentioned only in the title of Psalm 7.

name

An Iron Age kingdom on the middle Nile, in what is now northern Sudan.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From cushty, from Romani kushto, kushti (“good”).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more cush (comparative) most cush (superlative) cushes (plural) Kush (alternative)

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Questions

How do you pronounce cush?
The recorded pronunciation is /kʊʃ/.
What does cush mean?
Excellent, very good.
Where does cush come from?
From cushty, from Romani kushto, kushti (“good”).

How to pronounce cush

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