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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bush•whack /ˈbʊʃˌhwæk, -ˌwæk/USA pronunciation v. - [no object] to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth.
- to ambush;
hide in the woods and surprise and attack (someone):[~ + object]The gang bushwhacked the campers.
bush•whack•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bush•whack (bŏŏsh′hwak′, -wak′),USA pronunciation v.i. - to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.
- to travel through woods.
- Nauticalto 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.
v.t. - to fight as a bushwhacker;
ambush. - to defeat, esp. by surprise or in an underhanded way:They bushwhacked our high school team when they used college players.
- back formation from bushwhacker 1830–40, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: bushwhack /ˈbʊʃˌwæk/ vb - (transitive) US Canadian Austral to ambush
- (intransitive) US Canadian Austral to cut or beat one's way through thick woods
- (intransitive) US Canadian Austral to range or move around in woods or the bush
- (intransitive) US Canadian to fight as a guerrilla in wild or uncivilized regions
- (intransitive) NZ to work in the bush, esp at timber felling
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