English Explanatory Dictionary

bushwhack

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress.
  2. To fight, as a guerrilla, especially in wooded country.
  3. To ambush.

Word forms

bushwhack bushwhacks bushwhacking bushwhacked

Etymology

From bush + whack.

Related words

bushwhacking bushwhacker
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