kush

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/kʊʃ/

Definition of kush

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (slang, uncountable)Marijuana, especially Cannabis indica (a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, strains of which often have high THC content).
    “Baby, who you callin' soft / Don't make me smoke up all your kush / Don't make me pop your cheap ass pills”
    “Smoking on that kush all in our section / Like it's legalized”
    “Later in the day, Siyad is heard on a wiretap telling another man that he received “1.5 of kush” (slang for marijuana) from “Rob Ford’s driver.” Later Siyad tells another person, a woman, that what he received was actually “Rob Ford’s kush.””
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noun

  1. (slang, uncountable)Marijuana, especially Cannabis indica (a variety of marijuana originating in Afghanistan and northern Pakistan, strains of which often have high THC content).
    “Baby, who you callin' soft / Don't make me smoke up all your kush / Don't make me pop your cheap ass pills”
    “Smoking on that kush all in our section / Like it's legalized”
    “Later in the day, Siyad is heard on a wiretap telling another man that he received “1.5 of kush” (slang for marijuana) from “Rob Ford’s driver.” Later Siyad tells another person, a woman, that what he received was actually “Rob Ford’s kush.””
  2. (uncountable)A synthetic cannabinoid-like recreational drug prevalent in Sierra Leone.
  3. (alt-of, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of kush.
    “This particular type of marijuana is a favorite of the rapper as well as many other weed aficionados. Known for its sweet smell, Kush also packs quite the punch with a high level of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).”
    “Kush is a pure indica and is a short, compact plant. A two-time winner of the international Cannabis Cup, Kush is very popular among indica growers.”

name

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Cush.
  2. A surname from German.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Ellipsis of Hindu Kush, the place of origin.

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