skirmish
A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or warA brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
» The verbal skirmish turned into a fight.
Словесная перепалка перешла в драку.
Meaning
3 sensesA brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
Scharmützel, Geplänkel
сты́чкаstýčka, схва́ткаsxvátka, перестре́лкаperestrélka
су́тичкаsútyčka, бі́йкаbíjka, спо́тичкаspótyčka
(broadly, figuratively)Any minor dispute.
Three people were arrested after a skirmish in a bar.
Wortgeplänkel, Auseinandersetzung
сты́чкаstýčka, перепа́лкаperepálka
су́тичкаsútyčka, спо́тичкаspótyčka
a minor short-term fight
A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.
Examples
8 sentencesThe verbal skirmish turned into a fight.
ruСловесная перепалка перешла в драку.
That was not one of the usual skirmishes.
deDas war keins der üblichen Scharmützel.
He was involved in a skirmish with a violent gang.
ruОн оказался втянутым в перестрелку с жестокими бандитами.
The twelfth infantry regiment suffered great losses during this skirmish.
Duelling was in improvement over the thug-gang skirmishing it replaced.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English skirmish (as a verb), from Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), from IFrom Middle English skirmish (as a verb), from Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio. Doublet of escarmouche, Scaramouche, and Scaramucci.
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