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   What is bushwhacking?

   • Philip Werner February 7, 2023 Navigation and Trip Planning Bushwhacking is a form of off-trail navigation through forested areas, so-called because the trees and ground vegetation whack back when you try to push through them.

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   What does the term 'Bushwhacker' mean?

   • The term 'Bushwhacker' originated in American English around 1809 and is derived from 'bush (n.)' meaning 'woods' and 'whack (v.)' meaning 'to make one's way through'. It may be modeled on the Dutch term 'bosch-wachter' which translates to 'forest keeper'.

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   What are some examples of bushwhacking?

   • Recent Examples on the Web Three years ago, the county created a team to bushwhack through a thicket of bureaucracy to get the jail closed and the inmates diverted. Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024 The first Europeans arrived in 1493, when Columbus bushwhacked onto the island’s shores.

   Bushwhack Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   What does a bushwhacker do?

   • to travel through woods. to pull a boat upstream from on board by grasping bushes, rocks, etc., on the shore. to fight as a bushwhacker or guerrilla in the bush. to fight as a bushwhacker; ambush. They bushwhacked our high school team when they used college players.

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   Why did a group bushwhack through the jungle?

   • Earth Island Journal The group bushwhacked through the jungle. They used the controversy as an opportunity to bushwhack their political opponents. Recent Examples on the Web Three years ago, the county created a team to bushwhack through a thicket of bureaucracy to get the jail closed and the inmates diverted.

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   What happened if a company was Bushwhacked in 2024?

   • Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2024 Other managers returned to their computers after being bushwhacked by news of their fate to find that there would be no goodbyes: The company had already locked them out of their systems. Seamus Webster, Fortune, 6 June 2024 Another route to the plane is bushwhacking from Duck Lake Trail.

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   The meaning of BUSHWHACK is to attack (someone) by surprise from a hidden place : ambush. How to use bushwhack in a sentence.

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   noun. fighting in the bush. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Examples of 'bushwhacking' in a sentence. bushwhacking. These examples have been automatically selected and may contain sensitive content that does not reflect the opinions or policies of Collins, or its parent company HarperCollins.

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   bushwhack in British English. (ˈbʊʃˌwæk ) verb. 1. (transitive) US, Canadian and Australian. to ambush. 2. (intransitive) US, Canadian and Australian. to cut or beat one's way through thick woods. 3. (intransitive) US, Canadian and Australian. to range or move around in woods or the bush.

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   the activity of fighting as a guerrilla. Check pronunciation: bushwhacking. Definition of bushwhacking noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   Bushwhack definition: to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc.. See examples of BUSHWHACK used in a sentence.

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   What does the noun bushwhacking mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bushwhacking . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Oct 24, 2024 · Definitions of bushwhacking. adjective. lying in ambush. “ bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush”. synonyms: concealed. hidden on any grounds for any motive.