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Skirmish   /skˈərmɪʃ/   Listen
noun
Skirmish  n.  
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 contest. "They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit."


verb
Skirmish  v. i.  (past & past part. skirmished; pres. part. skirmishing)  To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.





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"Skirmish" Quotes from Famous Books



... said Hartness. 'For goodness' sake let us go! This is a good deal more trying to the nerves than a cavalry charge or a smart skirmish.' ...
— The Romance of Golden Star ... • George Chetwynd Griffith
... October) passed in fruitless negotiations—precious time, which the citizens put to good service in preparing for the inevitable struggle. It was not until the eighth of November that the first skirmish took place, in which one of two royal galleys sent to reconnoitre the situation of La Rochelle was captured and brought into harbor by some Huguenot boats that had sailed out intending to secure the neighboring Ile de ...
— History of the Rise of the Huguenots - Volume 2 • Henry Baird
... been brought so low that it seemed useless to contend any longer. His brothers had been taken prisoners in a skirmish, and his only hope of saving their lives was in making terms ...
— The Junior Classics, V4 • Willam Patten (Editor)
... there are people waiting to snare us, they'll naturally think we've bunched our forces and are all coming along together. Then, you see," he continued, "I'll be right in among them before they suspect that we have a skirmish line out." ...
— The Call of the Beaver Patrol - or, A Break in the Glacier • V. T. Sherman
... its approval as it opened for the sheriff. Ricks was not the kind to make it easy for his captors, and a lively skirmish ensued. ...
— Sandy • Alice Hegan Rice


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