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bushwhack
(encz) | bushwhack,zákeřně napadnout Zdeněk Brož |
bushwhack
(gcide) | bushwhack \bush"whack`\ v. t.
to lie in ambush for, lie in wait for.
Syn: ambush, scupper, lie for, waylay, lurk, ambuscade.
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bushwhack
(gcide) | bushwhack \bush"whack`\ v. i.
1. to live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla.
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2. to cut one's way through the woods or bush.
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bushwhack
(wn) | bushwhack
v 1: wait in hiding to attack [syn: ambush, scupper,
bushwhack, waylay, lurk, ambuscade, lie in wait]
2: live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla
3: cut one's way through the woods or bush |
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bushwhacker
(encz) | bushwhacker,dřevorubec n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bushwhacker
(gcide) | Bushwhacker \Bush"whack`er\, n.
1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes.
[U.S.]
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They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of
raccoons by moonlight. --W. Irving.
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2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be
a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force
or its sympathizers. [U.S.] --Farrow.
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Bushwhacking
(gcide) | Bushwhacking \Bush"whack`ing\, n.
1. Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by
the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of
a stream. [U.S.] --T. Flint.
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2. The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [U.S.]
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bushwhacker
(wn) | bushwhacker
n 1: a disparaging term for an unsophisticated person [syn:
hillbilly, bushwhacker]
2: a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War |
bushwhacking
(wn) | bushwhacking
adj 1: lying in ambush; "bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from
ambush" |
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