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bush hog

1 American  

noun

  1. a device, pulled behind a tractor, having one or more blades spinning parallel to the ground and attached radially to a central axis, used for cutting vegetation and clearing land.

  2. bush-hog.

bush-hog 2 American  
[boosh-hawg, -hog] / ˈbʊʃˌhɔg, -ˌhɒg /

verb (used with object)

bush-hogged, bush-hogging

  1. to clear (land) by using a bush hog.

Example Sentences

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“We got some guy with a bush hog to cut it all down.”

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2013

Gold miners crawled out of its mud-splattered cab, sauntered into Peter Rajmenjan’s diner and asked if he had any bush hog for sale.

From New York Times • May 9, 2010

"I figured somebody had to be the bush hog and clear the path for people who follow," he eventually replied.

From Time Magazine Archive

He knew tractors and combines, of course, and had seen his dad’s bush hog and manure spreader and gravity wagons up close, in the barn.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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