AMBUSH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise
   
   Synonym(s)
   • ambuscade (what does ambuscade mean?)
   • lying in wait (what does lying in wait mean?)
   • trap (what does trap mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) ambush is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • surprise attack (what does surprise attack mean?)
   • coup de main (what does coup de main mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • dry-gulching (what does dry-gulching mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • ambush (what does ambush mean?)
   • scupper (what does scupper mean?)
   • bushwhack (what does bushwhack mean?)
   • waylay (what does waylay mean?)
   • lurk (what does lurk mean?)
   • ambuscade (what does ambuscade mean?)
   • lie in wait (what does lie in wait mean?)
   • still-hunt (what does still-hunt mean?)
   • ambush (what does ambush mean?)
   • ambush (what does ambush mean?)
   • scupper (what does scupper mean?)
   • bushwhack (what does bushwhack mean?)
   • waylay (what does waylay mean?)
   • lurk (what does lurk mean?)
   • ambuscade (what does ambuscade mean?)
   • lie in wait (what does lie in wait mean?)

AMBUSH as VERB

1. Meaning
   • wait in hiding to attack
   
   Synonym(s)
   • ambuscade (what does ambuscade mean?)
   • bushwhack (what does bushwhack mean?)
   • lie in wait (what does lie in wait mean?)
   • lurk (what does lurk mean?)
   • scupper (what does scupper mean?)
   • waylay (what does waylay mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) ambush is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • wait (what does wait mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • ambush (what does ambush mean?)
   • ambuscade (what does ambuscade mean?)
   • lying in wait (what does lying in wait mean?)
   • trap (what does trap mean?)
   • lurker (what does lurker mean?)
   • skulker (what does skulker mean?)
   • lurcher (what does lurcher mean?)
   • bushwhacker (what does bushwhacker mean?)
   • ambush (what does ambush mean?)
   • ambuscade (what does ambuscade mean?)
   • lying in wait (what does lying in wait mean?)
   • trap (what does trap mean?)
   • ambusher (what does ambusher mean?)
2. Meaning
   • hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushing
   
   Synonym(s)
   • still-hunt (what does still-hunt mean?)
   
   Hypernyms(s) ambush is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • hunt (what does hunt mean?)
   • run (what does run mean?)
   • hunt down (what does hunt down mean?)
   • track down (what does track down mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • ambush (what does ambush mean?)
   • ambuscade (what does ambuscade mean?)
   • lying in wait (what does lying in wait mean?)
   • trap (what does trap mean?)
   • ambusher (what does ambusher mean?)