bushwhacking guerrillas attacking from ambush. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : They bushwhacked our high school team when they used college players. From Dictionary.com.
This is what I call bushwhacking, a sort of argument that they must know any child can see through. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862] Reference
Firstly: Collette's family has experienced this kind of "bushwhacking" behaviour from the people who are supposed to care for her Dad. From Wordnik.com. [Death, Beacon, some anime Yaoi, boy and girl pics and me on the BBC] Reference
The poor are clamoring for bread, and many of them have taken to "bushwhacking" as their only means of living. From Wordnik.com. [The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865,] Reference
Hardwick said he's often looked toward the mountains west of Thomas Creek, considering entering the area by "bushwhacking" cross-country. From Wordnik.com. [Merced Sun-Star: front] Reference
"bushwhacking"; but the old man gave them little satisfaction. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865] Reference
"bushwhacking" warfare, intensified and kept alive by annual roving. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History] Reference
The next morning, the group was bushwhacking its way up Mount Kasigau. From Wordnik.com. [A Place Without History] Reference
He was down in Texas too, evading bushwhacking troubles up in Missouri. From Wordnik.com. [Static] Reference
It took hours of bushwhacking in the dark to get to the glacier's base. From Wordnik.com. ['180° South: Conquerors of the Useless'] Reference
'I don't want any bushwhacking cowboys from AirCav in on our dinner, get me?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Kaisho]
Thick fur and ice resistant pads are important, especially when bushwhacking. From Wordnik.com. [Having It All: Long Time, Tall Order] Reference
There was no trail and we found ourselves bushwhacking most of the way upwards. From Wordnik.com. [We Survived the Sorceress.] Reference
Calling the citizens together, I said to them that this bushwhacking must cease. From Wordnik.com. [The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer] Reference
The dwarf knew the perfect site for a bushwhacking, but it was far from the lines. From Wordnik.com. [The Swordbearer]
When the meager trail narrowed, Steve ran ahead and began bushwhacking a new path. From Wordnik.com. [The Wild Trees (copy)] Reference
So we're talking some serious off-trail hiking here, bushwhacking at its whackingest. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lure]
You can mourn the death of publishing or you can start bushwhacking a new book trail. From Wordnik.com. [Denise Brodey: Get Famous Fast] Reference
There were countless hours of running, climbing, bushwhacking, log-splitting and lifting. From Wordnik.com. [Maryland man prepares to take on the Death Race] Reference
This has just got to be one of those New York Times bushwhacking of your integrity things. From Wordnik.com. [O'REILLY DISHONORS U.S. MARINES, SEATTLE, TOYS AND TOTS] Reference
B. Babbitt (+) Green Jimmy Stewart still popular despite bushwhacking by greedy ranch lobby. From Wordnik.com. [100 Days Edition] Reference
What of his bushwhacking and waylaying tactics, the young dogs were afraid to run by themselves. From Wordnik.com. [The Outcast] Reference
'I'm afraid that in my years here, I've become an expert in the bruises that a bushwhacking leaves. From Wordnik.com. [Shaman's Crossing]
Part of the plot involves a realistic-as-I-can-make-it voyage of a ship bushwhacking 10,000 LY coreward. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: March 10, 2002 - March 16, 2002 Archives] Reference
Driving cross-country from town to here, using the old wagon roads when you could, bushwhacking when you couldn't. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
He hadn't muddied and bloodied himself bushwhacking his way to the lodge in order to sit around arguing semiotics. From Wordnik.com. [Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates]
Were the contesting gods, though discouraged from bushwhacking each other, allowed to make life hard for the opposition's mortals?. From Wordnik.com. [Petty Pewter Gods]
Far flung travel sometimes requires a little bushwhacking. From Wordnik.com. [World Hum] Reference
Another specimen of this bushwhacking, that "shoe strike.". From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862] Reference
McCain will keep bushwhacking everyone but the very wealthy. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Another bushwhacking contrivance; simply that, nothing else!. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862] Reference
It was mere bushwhacking, because you had nothing else to do. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862] Reference
A great deal of their war with us nowadays is mere bushwhacking. From Wordnik.com. [The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862] Reference
Is the Japan Times capable of bushwhacking him by putting words in his mouth?. From Wordnik.com. [AMPONTAN] Reference
How is the pursuance of Osama Binladen & his merry band of bushwhacking thugs going?. From Wordnik.com. [Progressive Bloggers] Reference
That means the troops from Lorient, and a wretched lot of bushwhacking and guerrilla work. From Wordnik.com. [The Maids of Paradise] Reference
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