Definition of skirmish

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Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.

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Skirmisher :: Skirmisher (n.) One who skirmishes.
Scarmoge :: Scarmoge (n.) A slight contest; a skirmish. See Skirmish.
Hurtle :: Hurtle (v. t.) To move rapidly; to wheel or rush suddenly or with violence; to whirl round rapidly; to skirmish.
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
Bickering :: Bickering (n.) A skirmishing.
Skirmished :: Skirmished (imp. & p. p.) of Skirmis.
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight contest.
Scrimmage :: Scrimmage (n.) Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle..
Bicker :: Bicker (n.) A skirmish; an encounter.
Brush :: Brush (n.) A skirmish; a slight encounter; a shock or collision; as, to have a brush with an enemy..
Flanker :: Flanker (n.) One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body..
Retire :: Retire (n.) A call sounded on a bugle, announcing to skirmishers that they are to retire, or fall back..
Bicker :: Bicker (v. i.) To skirmish; to exchange blows; to fight.
Skirmish :: Skirmish (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops..
Skirmishing :: Skirmishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Skirmis.
Skirmisher :: Skirmisher (n.) Soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column..
Tirailleur :: Tirailleur (n.) Formerly, a member of an independent body of marksmen in the French army. They were used sometimes in front of the army to annoy the enemy, sometimes in the rear to check his pursuit. The term is now applied to all troops acting as skirmishers..
Uhlan :: Uhlan (n.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers..
Rencounter :: Rencounter (v. i.) To meet unexpectedly; to encounter in a hostile manner; to come in collision; to skirmish.
Velitation :: Velitation (n.) A dispute or contest; a slight contest; a skirmish.
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