skirmish

Etymology
From (as a verb), from, from , earlier. .

Noun

 * 1)  A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
 * 2)  Any minor dispute.
 * 3) A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.
 * 1) A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.
 * 1) A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:fight
 * See also Thesaurus:dispute

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: суты́чка, схва́тка, бо́йка, перастрэ́лка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: escaramussa
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 衝突
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:, šarvátka
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: jagelus
 * Finnish:, , , rytäkkä, , kahnaus
 * French: ,
 * Middle French: escarmouche
 * Old French: escharmuche
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: пре́сметка, пре́стрелка
 * Maori: riringa, kekeritanga, taute
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ча̑рка
 * Roman:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: sagupaan
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian: су́тичка,, спо́тичка, перестрі́лка


 * Azerbaijani:
 * Belarusian: суты́чка
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: escaramussa
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 口角, 爭論
 * Czech: šarvátka
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, , , , , , , , ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Hindi: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Macedonian: пре́сметка, су́дир
 * Polish:, utarczka
 * Portuguese: briguinha
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: су́тичка, спо́тичка

Verb

 * 1) To engage in a minor battle or dispute.

Translations

 * Azerbaijani:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: kahakoida,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: vēlitor
 * Macedonian: се пре́смета, се пресме́тува
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish: