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bushwalk

bushwalk noun: a hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity.

Noun

bushwalk (plural bushwalks)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity.
    • There are also bushwalks in Sassafras Gully.2003, Margo Daly, Rough Guide to Australia, page 225
    • The 24-sq-km Porongurup National Park is 12km long and has 1100-million-year-old granite outcrops, panoramic views, beautiful scenery, large karri trees and excellent bushwalks.2007, Terry Carter, Lara Dunston, Perth & Western Australia, page 138

Verb

bushwalk (third-person singular simple present bushwalks, present participle bushwalking, simple past and past participle bushwalked)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) To undertake an off-road walk in the countryside.
    • In 1913, Myles Dunphy and Bert Gallop had bushwalked through the area when it was still a wilderness, its paths and depths known only to the locals.1999, Drew Hutton, Libby Connors, A History of the Australian Environment Movement, page 115
    • When he′d grown tall and lanky, he bushwalked on Magnetic Island, with its secluded bays and hiking trails to Mt. Cook through groves of coconut palms and tamarinds and mangoes.2002, Patricia McCune Irvine, A Tinkling Cymbal, page 30

Forms of bushwalk

Noun
pluralbushwalks
Verb
third-person singular presentbushwalks
present participlebushwalking
past participlebushwalked
pastbushwalked

Origin of bushwalk

From bush + walk.

Questions about bushwalk

What does bushwalk mean?
Bushwalk means a hike; an off-road walk in the countryside, possibly wearing a backpack, undertaken as a leisure activity.
What part of speech is bushwalk?
Bushwalk can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of bushwalk?
The plural of bushwalk is bushwalks.

Words near bushwalk in the dictionary

  1. bushwack
  2. bushwacked
  3. bushwacking
  4. bushwacks
  5. bushwah
  6. bushwalk
  7. bushwalked
  8. bushwalker
  9. bushwalkers
  10. bushwalking
  11. bushwalks

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