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bush-bash

bush-bash is the alternative form of bushbash.

Meaning of bushbash

Verb

bushbash (third-person singular simple present bushbashes, present participle bushbashing, simple past and past participle bushbashed)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) To travel or build a route straight across country rather than following an established track, typically involving forcing one's way through forest and/or undergrowth.
    • Today she and husband Murray “bushbash” regularly, going camping in remote gorges and creeks.1990, Asiaweek, volume 16, page 128

Forms of bush-bash

third-person singular presentbush-bashes
present participlebush-bashing
past participlebush-bashed
pastbush-bashed

Questions about bush-bash

What is bush-bash the alternative form of?
Bush-bash is the alternative form of bushbash.

Words near bush-bash in the dictionary

  1. bush weeing
  2. bush week
  3. bush weeks
  4. bush wees
  5. bush-balladry
  6. bush-bash
  7. bush-bashed
  8. bush-basher
  9. bush-bashers
  10. bush-bashes
  11. bush-bashing

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