bushwhack
verb /ˈbʊʃwæk/
/ˈbʊʃwæk/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they bushwhack | /ˈbʊʃwæk/ /ˈbʊʃwæk/ |
| he / she / it bushwhacks | /ˈbʊʃwæks/ /ˈbʊʃwæks/ |
| past simple bushwhacked | /ˈbʊʃwækt/ /ˈbʊʃwækt/ |
| past participle bushwhacked | /ˈbʊʃwækt/ /ˈbʊʃwækt/ |
| -ing form bushwhacking | /ˈbʊʃwækɪŋ/ /ˈbʊʃwækɪŋ/ |
- (North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) [intransitive] to live or travel in wild countryTopics Holidaysc2
- (North American English, Australian English, New Zealand English) [intransitive] + adv./prep. to cut your way through bushes, plants, etc. in wild country
- We had to bushwhack through undergrowth.
- (North American English) [transitive] bushwhack somebody to attack somebody very suddenly from a hidden position synonym ambush
- (North American English) [intransitive] to fight as a guerrilla