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cush

1

[ koosh ]

noun

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

Cush

2
or Kush

[ koosh, kuhsh ]

noun

  1. (in the Bible) the eldest son of Ham.
  2. an area mentioned in the Bible, sometimes identified with Upper Egypt.
  3. Kingdom of Cush, an ancient African state in the area that is now southern Egypt and the Sudan: part of the region of Nubia (1000 b.c.–a.d. 350).

Cush

/ kʌʃ; kʊʃ /

noun

  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cush1

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

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