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bushrange

bushrange verb: to practise bushranging; to be a bushranger.

Verb

bushrange (third-person singular simple present bushranges, present participle bushranging, simple past and past participle bushranged)

  1. (Australia, historical) To practise bushranging; to be a bushranger.
    • Monte related to Johnnie Gilbert (even if he as a flash cove) because he chose to bushrange and never blamed anybody for driving him to it.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 37

Forms of bushrange

third-person singular presentbushranges
present participlebushranging
past participlebushranged
pastbushranged

Origin of bushrange

Back-formation from bushranger.

Questions about bushrange

What does bushrange mean?
Bushrange means to practise bushranging; to be a bushranger.
What part of speech is bushrange?
Bushrange is a verb.
What is the past tense of bushrange?
The past tense of bushrange is bushranged.

Words near bushrange in the dictionary

  1. Bushophilia
  2. bushpeople
  3. bushperson
  4. bushpig
  5. bushpigs
  6. bushrange
  7. bushranged
  8. bushranger
  9. bushrangers
  10. bushranges
  11. bushranging

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