Definition of Bushwhacked

1. Verb. (past of bushwhack) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bushwhacked

1. bushwhack [v] - See also: bushwhack

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushwhacked

bushwa
bushwack
bushwacked
bushwacking
bushwacks
bushwah
bushwahs
bushwalk
bushwalked
bushwalker
bushwalkers
bushwalking
bushwalks
bushwas
bushwhack
bushwhacked
bushwhacker
bushwhackers
bushwhacking
bushwhackings
bushwhacks
bushwork
bushy
bushy aster
bushytail woodrat
busied
busier
busies
busiest
busihead

Literary usage of Bushwhacked

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Twenty Years at Sea: Or, Leaves from My Old Log-books by Frederic Stanhope Hill (1893)
"... steamer bushwhacked, and nothing would satisfy him but an attempt at retaliation. A Union scout, who had been on a mission up the White River lately, ..."

2. Sweet Revenge: A Romance of the Civil War by Frederick Augustus Mitchel (1897)
"... SWEET REVENGE Bushwhacked "HANDS up!" "Why he shouted the words I don't kno\v; for in another moment he gave me one barrel, anil before I could raise a ..."

3. Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant by Ulysses Simpson Grant (1886)
"... but would be bushwhacked by all the old men and little boys, and such railroad guards as are still left at home. Hood would probably strike for ..."

4. The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London (1911)
"There was no wind with which to get away in case of attack, while the crew could be bushwhacked to a man if they attempted to tow out in the whale-boat. ..."

5. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"The American riflemen, with individual enterprise, bushwhacked them without intercession, driving in their outposts and picking off picket after picket,— a ..."

6. The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States by Horace Greeley (1867)
""Since I came into the Valley from Harper's Ferry, every train, every small party, and every straggler, has been bushwhacked by the people; ..."

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