skirmish

skirmish is a 8-letter English word with 5 senses as intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 17 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
2. intransitive verb. A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
3. intransitive verb. A slight contest.
4. noun. a minor short-term fight

   Synonyms: brush, clash, encounter

5. verb. engage in a skirmish

Synonyms

brush, clash, encounter

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in skirmish:

smirkish

Common word forms

skirmished, skirmisher, skirmishes, skirmishing

Words from these letters

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