bushwhack. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

bushwhack

SYLLABICATION:	bush·whack
PRONUNCIATION:	bshhwk, -wk
VERB:	Inflected forms: bush·whacked, bush·whack·ing, bush·whacks
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To make one's way through thick woods by cutting away bushes and branches. 2. To travel through or live in the woods. 3. To fight as a guerrilla in the woods.
TRANSITIVE VERB:	To attack suddenly from a place of concealment; ambush. See synonyms at ambush.
OTHER FORMS:	bushwhacker —NOUN


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