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bushwhack
[boosh-hwak, -wak]
verb (used without object)
to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
to travel through woods.
to pull a boat upstream from on board by grasping bushes, rocks, etc., on the shore.
to fight as a bushwhacker or guerrilla in the bush.
verb (used with object)
to fight as a bushwhacker; ambush.
to defeat, especially by surprise or in an underhanded way.
They bushwhacked our high school team when they used college players.
bushwhack
/ ˈʊʃˌæ /
verb
(tr) to ambush
(intr) to cut or beat one's way through thick woods
(intr) to range or move around in woods or the bush
(intr) to fight as a guerrilla in wild or uncivilized regions
(intr) to work in the bush, esp at timber felling
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of bushwhack1
Example Sentences
Soon, though, he lost the trail and began bushwhacking downhill along a stream bed.
His characters bushwhack through the jungle in 2010’s “Matterhorn,” fish and log in “Deep River,” and now, in “Cold Victory,” ski south from the Arctic Circle in a 500K race.
They gave her warm liquids, food and dry clothing and soon helped her bushwhack back to the trail.
The climber was attempting to “bushwhack” the summit of a “13’er,” which means climbing a peak over 13,000 feet tall while going off the beaten trail, CCSAR-N said in the post.
Van Pelt, 64, has built a reputation as a preeminent big tree authority by bushwhacking deep into forests and scaling giants taller than the Statue of Liberty to study and sketch them.
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