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Verb: bushwhack  'bûsh,wak
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Wait in hiding to attack
    - ambush, scupper [informal], waylay, lurk, ambuscade [archaic], 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, bushwhacking, bushwhacked

Type of: live, make, wait, work

Encyclopedia: Bushwhack