bushranging
bushranging is the present participle and gerund of bushrange.
Meaning of bushrange
Verb
bushrange (third-person singular simple present bushranges, present participle bushranging, simple past and past participle bushranged)
- 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
Noun
bushranging (uncountable)
- The outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
- It appeared that two lads of about eighteen had had their minds unhinged by bushranging literature, and for some imagined slight had murdered the mother and daughter.1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 63
Origin of bushranging
From bush + ranging.
Questions about bushranging
- What does bushranging mean?
- Bushranging means the outlaw lifestyle of a bushranger.
- What is bushranging the present participle and gerund of?
- Bushranging is the present participle and gerund of bushrange.
- What part of speech is bushranging?
- Bushranging is a noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: bushranging (page history and authors); bushrange (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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