skirmish
To engage in a minor battle or disputeTo engage in a minor battle or dispute.
» The verbal skirmish turned into a fight.
Словесная перепалка перешла в драку. — nina99nv
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1 sensesTo engage in a minor battle or dispute.
engage in a skirmish
Examples
8 sentencesThe verbal skirmish turned into a fight.
ruСловесная перепалка перешла в драку. — nina99nv
That was not one of the usual skirmishes.
deDas war keins der üblichen Scharmützel. — Sprakify
He was involved in a skirmish with a violent gang.
ruОн оказался втянутым в перестрелку с жестокими бандитами. — odexed
The twelfth infantry regiment suffered great losses during this skirmish.
Duelling was in improvement over the thug-gang skirmishing it replaced.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
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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Forms
skirmishes, skirmishing, skirmished, skirmished| Base form | skirmish · to skirmish |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | skirmishes |
| Present participle | skirmishing |
| Past simple | skirmished |
| Past participle | skirmished |
regular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle