Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.


Verb: bushwhack  'būsh`wak
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Wait in hiding to attack
    - ambush, scupper, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait
     
  2. Live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
     
  3. Cut one's way through the woods or bush

Derived forms: bushwhacks, bushwhacked, bushwhacking

See also: bushwhacker [N. Amer]

Type of: live, make, wait, work

Encyclopedia: Bushwhack