bushwhack

1 wait in hiding to attack [syn: 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

English

Verb

1. to travel through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress
2. to fight, as a guerilla, especially in wooded country
3. to ambush

Related terms

• bushwhacking
• bushwhacker

Bushwhack and Bushwhacking can mean:

• A mountaineering term used to describe hiking without trails. The name derives from the action of whacking bushes as one walks through trailless terrain. Sometimes confused with the closely related word bivouac, which has several meanings including camping with only incidental shelter. The term is now also commonly used in geocaching with the same meaning.
• A style of guerilla warfare popular in the American Civil War called bushwhackers.

See also

• Bushwhacked
• Bushwhackers (disambiguation)

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