"skirmish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɜːmɪʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɝmɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skirmish.wav Forms: skirmishes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English skirmish (as a verb), from Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio. Doublet of escarmouche and Scaramouche. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skirmish}} Middle English skirmish, {{der|en|fro|escarmouche|t=skirmish}} Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), {{der|en|it|scaramuccia}} Italian scaramuccia, {{doublet|en|escarmouche|Scaramouche}} Doublet of escarmouche and Scaramouche Head templates: {{en-noun}} skirmish (plural skirmishes)
  1. (military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war. Categories (topical): Military, Violence Translations (brief battle between small groups): toqquşma (Azerbaijani), суты́чка (sutýčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), схва́тка (sxvátka) [feminine] (Belarusian), бо́йка (bójka) [feminine] (Belarusian), перастрэ́лка (pjerastrélka) (note: with shooting) [feminine] (Belarusian), схва́тка (shvátka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), escaramussa [feminine] (Catalan), 小衝突 (Chinese Cantonese), 小冲突 (siu² cong¹ dak⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 小衝突 (Chinese Mandarin), 小冲突 (xiǎo chōngtū) (Chinese Mandarin), 衝突 (Chinese Mandarin), 冲突 (chōngtū, chōngtú) (Chinese Mandarin), půtka [feminine] (Czech), šarvátka [feminine] (Czech), skærmydsel [common-gender] (Danish), schermutseling [feminine] (Dutch), jagelus (Estonian), kahakka (Finnish), välikohtaus (Finnish), yhteenotto (Finnish), rytäkkä (Finnish), kahina (Finnish), kahnaus (Finnish), escarmouche [feminine] (French), échauffourée [feminine] (French), escaramuza [feminine] (Galician), Scharmützel [neuter] (German), Geplänkel [neuter] (German), झड़प (jhaṛap) [feminine] (Hindi), schermaglia [feminine] (Italian), scaramuccia [feminine] (Italian), 小競り合い (kozeriai) (Japanese), praecursiō [feminine] (Latin), пре́сметка (présmetka) [feminine] (Macedonian), пре́стрелка (préstrelka) (note: with shooting) [feminine] (Macedonian), riringa (Maori), kekeritanga (Maori), taute (Maori), escarmouche [feminine] (Middle French), escharmuche [feminine] (Old French), potyczka [feminine] (Polish), escaramuça [feminine] (Portuguese), сты́чка (stýčka) [feminine] (Russian), схва́тка (sxvátka) [feminine] (Russian), перестре́лка (perestrélka) (note: with shooting) [feminine] (Russian), перепа́лка (perepálka) (note: with shooting) [feminine] (Russian), ча̑рка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čȃrka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), escaramuza [feminine] (Spanish), enfrentamiento [Latin-America] (Spanish), refriega (Spanish), skärmytsling [common-gender] (Swedish), sagupaan (Tagalog), çatışma (Turkish), çarpışma (Turkish), су́тичка (sútyčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), бі́йка (bíjka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), спо́тичка (spótyčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), перестрі́лка (perestrílka) (note: with shooting) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (figuratively, by extension) Any minor dispute. Tags: broadly, figuratively Categories (topical): Violence Translations (minor dispute): toqquşma (Azerbaijani), суты́чка (sutýčka) [feminine] (Belarusian), караница (karanica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), escaramussa [feminine] (Catalan), 口角 (hau² gok³) (Chinese Cantonese), 小爭論 (Chinese Cantonese), 小争论 (siu² zang¹ leon⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), šarvátka [feminine] (Czech), skærmydsel [common-gender] (Danish), schermutseling [feminine] (Dutch), suukopu (Finnish), välikohtaus (Finnish), yhteenotto (Finnish), nahistelu (Finnish), jupakka (Finnish), kina (Finnish), kinastelu (Finnish), riita (Finnish), sanasota (Finnish), kiista (Finnish), escarmouche [feminine] (French), escaramuza [feminine] (Galician), Wortgeplänkel [neuter] (German), Auseinandersetzung [feminine] (German), झड़प (jhaṛap) [feminine] (Hindi), टकराव (ṭakrāv) [masculine] (Hindi), 小競り合い (kozeriai) (Japanese), пре́сметка (présmetka) [feminine] (Macedonian), су́дир (súdir) [masculine] (Macedonian), potyczka [feminine] (Polish), utarczka [feminine] (Polish), briguinha [feminine] (Portuguese), сты́чка (stýčka) [feminine] (Russian), перепа́лка (perepálka) [feminine] (Russian), escaramuza [feminine] (Spanish), berrinche [masculine] (Spanish), су́тичка (sútyčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), спо́тичка (spótyčka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons. Categories (topical): Violence
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scirmish Related terms: screen

Verb

IPA: /ˈskɜːmɪʃ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈskɝmɪʃ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-skirmish.wav Forms: skirmishes [present, singular, third-person], skirmishing [participle, present], skirmished [participle, past], skirmished [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)mɪʃ Etymology: From Middle English skirmish (as a verb), from Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio. Doublet of escarmouche and Scaramouche. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|skirmish}} Middle English skirmish, {{der|en|fro|escarmouche|t=skirmish}} Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), {{der|en|it|scaramuccia}} Italian scaramuccia, {{doublet|en|escarmouche|Scaramouche}} Doublet of escarmouche and Scaramouche Head templates: {{en-verb}} skirmish (third-person singular simple present skirmishes, present participle skirmishing, simple past and past participle skirmished)
  1. To engage in a minor battle or dispute. Translations (to engage in a minor battle or dispute): toqquşmaq (Azerbaijani), escaramussar (Catalan), schermutselen (Dutch), kahakoida (Finnish), nahistella (Finnish), escarmoucher (French), escaramuzar (Galician), 小競り合いをする (kozeriai wo suru) (Japanese), vēlitor (Latin), се пре́смета (se présmeta) [perfective] (Macedonian), се пресме́тува (se presmétuva) [imperfective] (Macedonian), escaramuçar (Portuguese), čarkati (Serbo-Croatian), escaramuzar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-skirmish-en-verb-Kbp5s0z7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: scirmish

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "brief battle between small groups",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "brief battle between small groups",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "code": "pt",
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