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Look up: melee

  1. melee
    [n] - a noisy riotous fight
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Mêlée
    Mê`lée' noun A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume; -- sometimes called Balaklava mêlée .
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/43

  3. Mêlée
    Mê`lée' (ma`la') noun [ French, from mêler to mix. See Meddle , Mell , and confer Mellay .] A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/M/43

  4. melee
    scrimmage noun a noisy riotous fight
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. Melee
    • (n.) A fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray. • (n.) A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his p...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  6. melee
    (from the article `diamond cutting`) ...brilliant or single cuts is called a fancy cut, or fancy shape; important fancy cuts include the marquise, emerald, oval, baguette, heart shape, ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/67

  7. mêlée
    (from the article `tournament`) The early tournament was a mock battle between two bodies of armed horsemen and was called the mêlée. (This term is also applied to a predecessor of ... western European mock battle between two horsemen charging each other with levelled lances, each attempting to unhorse the other. Early medi...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/67

  8. mêlée
    ancient and medieval game, a predecessor of modern football (soccer), in which a round or oval object, usually the inflated bladder of an animal, was ... [1 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/m/67

  9. Melee
    `Melee` (, French: `mêlée` , the French spelling is also quite frequent in English writing), generally refers to disorganized mêler--> "to mix". Nominalized, it refers to any confused tangle or agitated scramble, in particular unordered combat. The term descends from Old Frenc...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melee

  10. Melee
    (album) `Melee` was the first full length album by Gizmachi. Released independently in 2003, it would help land them a recording contract with Big Orange Clown Records, a subsidiary of Sanctuary Records. Track listing : #Burn (6:11) #Quiet Time (3:17) #Club (4:55) #Disease (4:53) #Refl...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melee



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