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Definitions for Skirmish

[1] Military . a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
[2] any brisk conflict or encounter: She had a skirmish with her landlord about the rent.
[3] to engage in a skirmish.
[4] a minor short-lived military engagement
[5] any brisk clash or encounter, usually of a minor nature
[6] (intr often foll by with ) to engage in a skirmish

Words related to Skirmish

tiff, argument, melee, battle, tussle, clash, altercation, bout, war, conflict, dispute, combat, brawl, disagreement, scuffle, confrontation, fracas, encounter, run-in, fisticuffs

Words nearby Skirmish

skipping, skipping-rope, skipton, skirl, skirling, skirmish, skirnir, skirr, skirret, skirt, skirt chaser

Origin of Skirmish

1300–50; (noun) Middle English skirmysshe < Old French eskirmiss-, long stem of eskirmir < Germanic (compare Old High German skirman ); replacing Middle English scarmouche < Old French escaramoucher (see Scaramouch); (v.) late Middle English scarmuchen, scarmusshen to skirmish, Middle English skirmisshen to brandish a weapon < Old French escar(a)mucher to skirmish; vowels influenced by Old French eskirmiss-

Other words from Skirmish

skir·mish·er , noun
out·skir·mish , verb (used with object)

Word origin for Skirmish

C14: from Old French eskirmir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German skirmen to defend

Synonyms for Skirmish

altercation, argument, battle, bout, brawl, clash, combat, conflict, confrontation, disagreement, dispute, encounter, feud, fisticuffs, fracas, melee, quarrel, run-in, scuffle, strife, tiff, tussle, war, brush, engagement, fray, row, ruckus, rumble, scrap