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skirmish
has definitions from the field of military
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[ noun ] a minor short-term fight
Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)A Federal infantryman wrote to his father shortly after his first skirmish in Virginia : `` Dear Pa . (Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)Fearful of inviting a military showdown with the West which they could not win , the Communists seek to undermine Western power where the nuclear might of the West is irrelevant - in backwoods guerrilla skirmishes , in mob uprisings in the streets , in parliaments , in clandestine meetings of undercover conspirators , at the United_Nations , on the propaganda front , at diplomatic conferences - preferably at the highest level . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (military) engage in a skirmish
Used in print (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)He thought_of Simms_Purdew snoring on his bunk while Pullen_James crouched by the hearth , skirmishing an undershirt for lice , and a wet log sizzled . Related terms |
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