Reverse Dictionary: SKIRMISH

ADJECTIVES
► IN MANGLE in a confused fight, skirmish, or scuffle → a1300 obs.

NOUNS
► BICKER a skirmish, encounter, fight; an exchange of blows; skirmishing → 1297
► BICKERING a skirmish, skirmishing → 1297
► BICKERMENT a skirmish, skirmishing → 1586
► BRABBLE a brawl, a skirmish, or petty war → 1577 obs.
► CARMUICHE skirmish → 1535 Sc. obs.
► MUSS a scramble, a sudden skirmish → 1591 obs.
► SCRAP a fight, a tussle, a skirmish → 1846
► SCRIMMAGE a skirmish; a scramble; an altercation, a fight → 1902 Amer. dial.
► SCRIMMISH a bout of unplanned fighting, esp. between small groups of soldiers from opposing armies; a minor battle; a skirmish → 1523
► SKIRM movement as in fighting or fencing; skirmish → c1400 obs.
► SKIRMERY skirmishing, fighting, fencing → c1450 obs.
► SKRIMMISH a skirmish → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VELITATION a slight or preliminary engagement with an enemy; a skirmish; a fight or scuffle → 1616

NOUNS – PERSON
► BICKERER a skirmisher → 1611
► HUSSAR a skirmisher; a free-lance in literature or debate → 1768

VERBS
► BICKER to skirmish, to exchange blows, to fight → 1330
► DIMICATE to fight, to contend, to skirmish → 1656 obs.
► SCRIMMAGE ► SCRIMMIDGE to skirmish, to quarrel; to scramble; to argue → 1904 Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKIRM to fence, to skirmish → c1205 obs.
► SKRIM to skirmish; to dart → 1375 Sc.
► VELITAND ► VILITANDE to skirmish → 1641 obs.