cush

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʊʃ/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /kʉʃ/ Rhymes: -ʊʃ Homophone: kush === Etymology 1 === From cushty, from Romani kushto, kushti (“good”). ==== Adjective ==== cush (comparative more cush, superlative most cush) (Geordie, slang) Excellent, very good. === Etymology 2 === From cushy. ==== Adjective ==== cush Cushy. 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. === Etymology 3 === From cushion. ==== Noun ==== cush (plural cushes) (colloquial, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly. === Etymology 4 === Variant of cuisse; compare cuish. ==== Noun ==== cush (plural cushes) Synonym of cuisse (“armor for the thigh”). 1890, London (England). Court of Husting, Calendar of Wills Proved and Enrolled in the Court of Husting, London, A.D. 1258-A.D. 1688: A.D. 1358-1688: […] quissers or cushes covered with cloth of camaca, for the protection of legs and thighs (I. 649); and lastly, a bequest of a targett or shield (II. 657), and of a bokeler covered with plates of silver ... === Etymology 5 === Variant of kush. ==== Noun ==== cush (uncountable) Alternative spelling of kush (“marijuana”). === See also === cush-cush (etymologically unrelated) === Anagrams === CHUs, Such, hucs, such == Spanish == === Alternative forms === cux === Etymology === This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Noun === cush m (plural cushes) (Guatemala) a kind of tree (Ficus sp.)