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bushwhacking

bushwhacking noun: travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress. Also the present participle and gerund of bushwhack.

Noun

bushwhacking (plural bushwhackings)

  1. Travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress.
  2. Fighting as a guerrilla, especially in wooded country.
  3. Criticizing on policies and stances by George W. Bush.

Also used as

bushwhacking is also the present participle and gerund of bushwhack.

Forms of bushwhacking

pluralbushwhackings

Questions about bushwhacking

What does bushwhacking mean?
Bushwhacking means travelling through thick wooded country, cutting away scrub to make progress.
What part of speech is bushwhacking?
Bushwhacking is a noun.
What is the plural of bushwhacking?
The plural of bushwhacking is bushwhackings.

Words near bushwhacking in the dictionary

  1. bushweed
  2. bushwhack
  3. bushwhacked
  4. bushwhacker
  5. bushwhackers
  6. bushwhacking
  7. bushwhackings
  8. bushwhacks
  9. Bushwick
  10. bushwillow
  11. bushwillows

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