bushwhack

English

Etymology

bush +‎ whack

Verb

bushwhack (third-person singular simple present bushwhacks, present participle bushwhacking, simple past and past participle bushwhacked)

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