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Showing words for SKIRMISHING using the English dictionary

11 Letter Words for Skirmishing

skirmishing

8 Letter Words for Skirmishing

griskins, irishism, krissing, miniskis, shirking, shriking, skirmish, smirking, smirkish

7 Letter Words for Skirmishing

girkins, griskin, hirings, hissing, irising, kissing, krising, miniski, minkish, mirkish, missing, nishiki, rhiming, rikishi, risings, risking, riskish, shikimi, shrinks, sikhism, simkins, skiings

6 Letter Words for Skirmishing

girkin, hiking, hiring, imshis, inkish, irisin, irking, miking, minish, miriki, miring, mirins, mirish, miskin, nimshi, riming, rishis, rising, shiism, shikii, shirks, shrink, sigrim, sikimi, simkin, sirihs, siring, siskin, skiing, smiris, smirks

5 Letter Words for Skirmishing

ginks, giris, girns, girsh, gisms, grins, hings, hisis, ignis, imshi, iring, irish, kings, kirns, knish, kriss, mings, minis, minks, minsk, mirin, mirks, msink, nighs, niris, rings, rinks, rishi, risks, shims, shins, shirk, shirs, shisn, shris, sighs, signs, sikhs, simis, singh, sings, sinhs, sinks, sirih, siris, sirki, skiis, skims, skins, smirk, smirs, smrgs, snigs, ssing

4 Letter Words for Skirmishing

gink, gins, giri, girn, gish, gism, grim, grin, gris, higi, hims, hing, hins, hisn, hiss, inks, iris, irks, isis, isms, khir, khis, king, kins, kiri, kirn, kirs, kish, kiss, kris, migs, ming, mini, mink, mins, miri, mirk, mirs, miss, nigh, nims, nisi, rigs, rims, ring, rink, rins, risk, shim, shin, shir, shri, sigh, sign, sikh, simi, sims, sing, sinh, sink, sins, siri, sirs, sish, sisi, skim, skin, skis, smir, snig, sris

3 Letter Words for Skirmishing

gim, gin, gis, gns, grs, him, hin, hir, his, hrs, ign, ihi, ihs, iii, imi, ing, ink, ins, irk, irs, ish, ism, isn, kgr, khi, kim, kin, kir, krs, ksi, mgr, mhg, mig, min, mir, mis, mks, mri, mrs, msg, msh, mss, nig, nim, nis, rig, rim, rin, rms, shi, shr, sig, sim, sin, sir, sis, ski, sri, ssh

Definitions for Skirmishing

[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 Skirmishing

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

Words nearby Skirmishing

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

Origin of Skirmishing

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 Skirmishing

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

Word origin for Skirmishing

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

Synonyms for Skirmishing

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