"skirmish" meaning in Anglais

{
  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en français",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Anglais",
      "orig": "anglais",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du français escarmouche."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skirmishes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈskɜːɹ.mɪʃ.ɪz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Reuters, juillet 2009",
          "text": "While there were few initial skirmishes, the Taliban has [sic] vowed to fight back.",
          "translation": "Bien qu’il y eût peu d’escarmouches au début, les talibans ont juré de répliquer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Escarmouche."
      ],
      "id": "fr-skirmish-en-noun-lc1zOqVM"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈskɜːɹ.mɪʃ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skirmish"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Lemmes en anglais",
    "Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en français",
    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Du français escarmouche."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "skirmishes",
      "ipas": [
        "\\ˈskɜːɹ.mɪʃ.ɪz\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Exemples en anglais"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              39
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "Reuters, juillet 2009",
          "text": "While there were few initial skirmishes, the Taliban has [sic] vowed to fight back.",
          "translation": "Bien qu’il y eût peu d’escarmouches au début, les talibans ont juré de répliquer."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Escarmouche."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈskɜːɹ.mɪʃ\\"
    }
  ],
  "word": "skirmish"
}