bushbash

== English == === Alternative forms === bush-bash === Etymology === From bush +‎ bash. === Pronunciation === === Verb === bushbash (third-person singular simple present bushbashes, present participle bushbashing, simple past and past participle bushbashed) (Australia, New Zealand) 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. 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.