skirmish

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a minor short-term fight (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
brush, clash, encounter
• Derivationally related forms:
encounter (for: encounter)
• Hypernyms:
fight, fighting, combat, scrap
• Hyponyms:
contretemps

II - verb

engage in a skirmish (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
skirmisher
• Hypernyms:
contend, fight, struggle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  brush, clash, encounter