skirmishnounfeminineliterário/ʃkɐɾɐˈmukɐ/rarees·ca·ra·mu·caPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionA brief, small-scale fight between troops; a passing argument or conflict.There was a minor skirmish at the border before the ceasefire.The political discussion quickly turned into a verbal skirmish.synskirmishclashscuffleCommon collocationsminor skirmishborder skirmishverbal skirmishEtymologyDo árabe 's̲k̲armūs̲a'.Related wordsescaramuçar