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- Dictionarybushwhacked/ˈbʊʃwakt/
adjective
- 1. exhausted or worn out: North American "it's been a long day and we're completely bushwhacked"
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a. : to travel by foot through uncleared terrain. Other beaches have no access at all; you have to bushwhack to get to them, through terrain infested with rattlesnakes, poison oak, and other hazards. Anthony Brandt. No paths presented themselves and I bushwhacked through numerous fallen and dead trees. Rob Nicholson.
to make one's way through woods by cutting at undergrowth, branches, etc. 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.
Bushwhacked means to force one's way through a forested or overgrown area, or to attack from a place of concealment. It can also mean to live in the woods as a guerrilla or a fugitive. See synonyms, translations and usage examples.
Definition of bushwhack verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
cut one's way through the woods or bush. see more. verb. live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla. see more. verb. wait in hiding to attack. synonyms: ambuscade, ambush, lie in wait, lurk, scupper, waylay. see more.
1. [no object] : to clear a path through thick woods by cutting down bushes and low tree branches. The group bushwhacked through the jungle. 2. [+ object] : to attack (someone) suddenly.
