cush

[ koosh ]

nounSlang.
  1. money, especially when reserved for some special use.

Origin of cush

1
Origin uncertain; perhaps to be identified with cush sweetened and fried cornmeal (compare Gullah cush, cushcush, ultimately <Arabic kuskuscouscous); or a back formation from cushy

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Other definitions for Cush (2 of 2)

Cush

or Kush

[ koosh, kuhsh ]

noun
  1. the eldest son of Ham. Genesis 10:6.

  2. an area mentioned in the Bible, sometimes identified with Upper Egypt.

  1. Kingdom of Cush, an ancient African state in this area; part of the region of Nubia (1000 b.c.–a.d. 350).

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British Dictionary definitions for Cush

Cush

Kush

/ (kʌʃ, kʊʃ) /


nounOld Testament
  1. the son of Ham and brother of Canaan (Genesis 10:6)

  2. the country of the supposed descendants of Cush (ancient Ethiopia), comprising approximately Nubia and the modern Sudan, and the territory of southern (or Upper) Egypt

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