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Webster 1913 Edition


Bushwhacking

Bush′whackˊing

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Noun.
1.
Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream.
[U.S.]
T. Flint.
2.
The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers.
[U.S.]

Definition 2024


bushwhacking

bushwhacking

English

Noun

bushwhacking (plural bushwhackings)

  1. travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
  2. fighting, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
  3. criticizing, by someone or a person(s), on policies and stances by George W. Bush, in forums and discussions

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Verb

bushwhacking

  1. present participle of bushwhack