Phrase Hound found 13 phrases and 11 compound words that contain ambush. The most common are listed below. Open ambush in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 13
- ambush marketingA marketing strategy wherein advertisers associate themselves with, and therefore capitalize on, a particular event without paying any sponsorship fee.
- ambush predatorA carnivorous animal that prefers to capture or trap prey by stealth or strategy, rather than by speed or strength.
- ambush televisionA television format in which guests are deliberately tricked into embarrassing or upsetting confrontations.
- ambush bugAny insect in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae.
- ambush bugsplural of ambush bug: Any insect in the subfamily Phymatinae of the family Reduviidae.
- ambush predatorsplural of ambush predator: A carnivorous animal that prefers to capture or trap prey by stealth or strategy, rather than by speed or strength.
- patent ambushThe situation in which a member of a standard-setting organization, while participating in the development of a standard, withholds information about their current or intended patent, and subsequently asserts that it is infringed by use of …
- ambush journalismA tactic used by a news reporter who intercepts an uncooperative individual in an unexpected place, such as a sidewalk or parking lot, in order to pose questions to that individual and elicit spur-of-the-moment responses.
- lay in ambushsimple past of lie in ambush
- lie in ambushto be hidden waiting to ambush or attack someone
- lies in ambushthird-person singular simple present indicative of lie in ambush: to be hidden waiting to ambush or attack someone
- lying in ambushpresent participle and gerund of lie in ambush
- lain in ambushpast participle of lie in ambush: to be hidden waiting to ambush or attack someone
Compound words 11
- ambusheeOne who is ambushed.
- ambushableCapable of being ambushed.
- antiambushCountering or preventing ambush.
- counterambushAn ambush set up in response to another ambush.
- outambushTo surpass in ambushing.
- enambushTo ambush.
- ambusheesplural of ambushee: One who is ambushed.
- ambushersplural of ambusher: One who ambushes.
- ambushingsplural of ambushing: present participle and gerund of ambush
- ambushmentAn ambush