Skirmish definitions

Skirmish

1) Argument 2) Brief encounter 3) Brush 4) Clash 5) Combat 6) Difference of opinion 7) Disagreement 8) Encounter 9) Engage in a skirmish 10) Fight 11) Fighting 12) French word used in English 13) Little fight 14) Minor dispute 15) Minor fight 16) Minor fight or argument 17) Minor scrap 18) Scrap 19) Small battle
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Skirmish

1) Battle 2) Clash 3) Contretemps 4) Encounter 5) Fight 6) Fray 7) Melee 8) Row 9) Scrape 10) Set-to 11) Tussle
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Skirmish

• (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers. • (v. i.) A slight contest. • (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
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skirmish

(from the article `tactics`) ...was probably a greater strategist than he was a tactician. While he continued the work begun by the Revolution, perhaps his most important ...
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/106

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Skirmish

A wargaming term describing an engagement between two parties.
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Skirmish

An engagement between small parties.
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Skirmish

Skir'mish intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Skirmished ; present participle & verbal noun Skirmishing .] [ Middle English skirmishen , scarmishen , Old French escremir , eskermir , to fence, fig...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/115

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Skirmish

Skir'mish noun [ Middle English scarmishe , scrymishe . See Skirmish , intransitive verb ] 1. A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops. 2. A slight co...
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Skirmish

The USS Skirmish was an American Admirable Class minesweeper of 625 tons displacement launched in 1943. The USS Skirmish was powered by diesel engines providing a top speed of 14.5 knots and carried a complement of 104. She was armed with one 3 inch dual-purpose gun and four 40 mm anti-aircraft guns.
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skirmish

[v] - engage in a skirmish
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