bushbash
bushbash verb: 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.
Verb
bushbash (third-person singular simple present bushbashes, present participle bushbashing, simple past and past participle bushbashed)
- 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
- Experienced bushbashing motorcyclists prize the rough roads of Cambodia, Laos and northern Thailand.2008, George Dunford, Matthew D. Firestone, Anthony Ham, The Big Trip: Your Ultimate Guide to Gap Years and Overseas Adventures, Lonely Planet, page 215
Forms of bushbash
| third-person singular present | bushbashes |
|---|---|
| present participle | bushbashing |
| past participle | bushbashed |
| past | bushbashed |
| alternative form | bush-bash |
Origin of bushbash
From bush + bash.
Questions about bushbash
- What does bushbash mean?
- Bushbash means 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.
- What part of speech is bushbash?
- Bushbash is a verb.
- What is the past tense of bushbash?
- The past tense of bushbash is bushbashed.
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