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bushbash

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To travel or build a route straight across country rather than following an established track, typically involving forcing one's way through forest and/or undergrowth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, New-Zealand

Examples

  • 2008, George Dunford, Matthew D. Firestone, Anthony Ham, The Big Trip: Your Ultimate Guide to Gap Years and Overseas Adventures, Lonely Planet, page 215, Experienced bushbashing motorcyclists prize the rough roads of Cambodia, Laos and northern Thailand.
  • 2010, Stu Gibson, A queer sort of intelligence, Martin Crump (editor), The Search For The Great Kiwi Yarn, unnumbered page, So rather than bushbash my way down to the road end, I decided to cut uphill to meet the round-the-mountain track and take the easy way out.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From bush + bash.