Skirmish

Definition:

• (v. i.) To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
• (v. i.) A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
• (v. i.) A slight contest.

Compare skirmish with other words:

fight vs. skirmish

skirmish vs. struggle

skirmish vs. tussle

fray vs. skirmish

skirmish vs. velitation

skirmish vs. skirmisher

bicker vs. skirmish

encounter vs. skirmish

punish vs. skirmish

scrap vs. skirmish

jayhawker vs. skirmish

clash vs. skirmish

dispute vs. skirmish

battle vs. skirmish

game vs. skirmish

skirmish vs. war