Definition of Bushwhack

1. Verb. Wait in hiding to attack.

Exact synonyms: Ambuscade, Ambush, Lie In Wait, Lurk, Scupper, Waylay
Generic synonyms: Wait
Derivative terms: Ambuscade, Ambush, Ambusher, Bushwhacker, Lurker

2. Verb. Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla.
Generic synonyms: Live
Derivative terms: Bushwhacker

3. Verb. Cut one's way through the woods or bush.
Generic synonyms: Make, Work

Definition of Bushwhack

1. Verb. to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress ¹

2. Verb. to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country ¹

3. Verb. to ambush ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bushwhack

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bushwhack

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

Literary usage of Bushwhack

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

1. A History of the Laurel Brigade: Originally the Ashby Cavalry of the Army of by William Naylor McDonald, Bushrod Corbin Washington (1907)
"... destroys railroad bridge—Cranberry Summit—Mountaineers unfriendly and bushwhack our column—Capture of Morgantown—Bridgeport and Fairmont—Destruction of ..."

2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"bushwhack. To prowl among bushes ; hence, to pursue a guerilla warfare ; to talk all round a subject. 1813 These bush-whacking Yankees won't do For me to be ..."

3. The New Purchase: Or, Seven and a Half Years in the Far West by Baynard Rush Hall (1843)
"Sometimes the affair assumes the form of the question implied, as thus :— " Neighbour bushwhack, livin down the lower end of Sugar Holler, would like to ..."

4. The Loyal People of the North-west: A Record of Prominent Persons, Places by Mrs Stella S (Flood) Coatsworth, Stella S. Coatsworth (1866)
"... they had not even the courage to bushwhack us3. and when a rebel carit bushwhack he is badly demoralized, and the women were frightened out of their ..."

5. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"It was as follows: — "How long have you known Bill bushwhack? " " Ever since he war born. ... So Bill bushwhack passed muster. — NY Spirit of the Timet. ..."

6. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture During the 2d Session of the by Committee on agriculture, United States, Congress, House (1910)
"Yet the gentleman from Minnesota knows that we "bushwhack" in the House in discussion, under the five minute rule. Mr. TAWNEY. ..."

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