bushwhack
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.
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.
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How to use bushwhack in a sentence
Still, visitors have bushwhacked pathways through the brush to visit the trail, and the uptick in tourists has caused damage to the surrounding area and to the tree itself.
You Can No Longer Visit Hyperion, the World’s Tallest Living Tree | POM Administrator | August 5, 2022 | Outside OnlineI spent golden days here in my youth, bushwhacking through thick mountain forest with Grandpa, hooking fish, gathering huckleberries, and splitting firewood with an ax as tall as my skinny 12-year-old frame.
At Glacier’s Edge, the Flames Have Always Come for My Family Cabin | jversteegh | August 20, 2021 | Outside OnlineBe sure to book a plane with tires, rather than floats, or you might find yourself bushwhacking to get to the dunes.
Sit Slack-Jawed Under the Northern Lights at Kobuk Valley National Park | mturner | July 29, 2021 | Outside OnlineHe was also the Newt who had tried to bushwhack Chuck on the trail.
Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning | Graham M. DeanAll your friends that helped bushwhack me will itch to get that five hundred, Sebastian.
A Daughter of the Dons | William MacLeod Raine
Figured that in my stocking feet I could creep up on the two fellows who were trying to bushwhack you.
Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning | Graham M. DeanLook out for a big bushwhack, and be prepared to shoot at half a second's notice.
Brother Against Brother | John Roy Musick
British Dictionary definitions for bushwhack
/ (ˈbʊʃˌwæk) /
(tr) US, Canadian and Australian to ambush
(intr) US, Canadian and Australian to cut or beat one's way through thick woods
(intr) US, Canadian and Australian to range or move around in woods or the bush
(intr) US and Canadian to fight as a guerrilla in wild or uncivilized regions
(intr) NZ to work in the bush, esp at timber felling
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