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Meaning of "skirmished"
skirmish (verb) - engage in a brief and typically unplanned fight or encounter between small groups
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- simple past tense and past participle of skirmish
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The two sides skirmished in the process of these maneuvers.
When within two miles of the Hill the advance skirmished with the enemy.
They skirmished with great obstinacy and rescued the cattle.
Larger cells carried out massacres and skirmished with local militias and federal troops.
Union troops skirmished briefly with rebel forces falling back from the bull run battlefield.
Turkey and Russia have skirmished.
The armies skirmished instead.
He skirmished with the Native Americans and was forced back to Puerto Rico.
For three days he skirmished in front of Batoche.
It skirmished in western Virginia, then saw action at Droop Mountain and Lewisburg.
Seeing yourself As you have skirmished we realized they are not invincible.
Prior to December 1864, when the scouts were established, the Pawnee frequently skirmished with neighboring tribes.
Carter and Williams skirmished for the next few days.
They skirmished with some outpost troops and took 38 prisoners.
For several more moments the two sides skirmished but eventually the Bolsheviks retreated.
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They briefly skirmished with militia sentries, raising the alarm in the camp beyond the entrenchments.
While it is true that he skirmished in all five?
He initially skirmished there with the Patriot defenders with mixed results.
The fleet destroyed the Austro-Hungarian shore defenses and skirmished with a small naval force.
The regiments skirmished with the Austrian troops but were sorely defeated.
Men were sent to Illinois, where they skirmished with the native uprising.
The Mexicans then skirmished with the Americans to ascertain their positions and numbers.
But Italy 's prime minister has only skirmished with the real enemy.
I and F companies skirmished with the Republic forces at a bridge over the river.
The night to September 25 minor detachments skirmished with each other.
The next day it skirmished during the morning with Confederate cavalry near Boonsboro and Keedysville.
The Americans withdrew to Harlem, where they skirmished the next day, but held their ground.
The Earl skirmished with the French at Callendar woods.
All during the morning, Confederate cavalry skirmished with Union infantry and cavalry.
The two sides skirmished desultorily for two hours, until the fog began to lift.
Throughout the 1980s various guerrilla factions formed and skirmished with the Vietnamese and the Khmer Rouge.
Instead, he skirmished ineffectually with the enemy.
Throughout January 1922 the two armies skirmished and fought in this area.
Lafayette skirmished with Cornwallis, avoiding a decisive battle while gathering reinforcements.
They sank several merchant vessels and skirmished twice with U.S. Navy air or sea forces.
Price 's cavalry skirmished with pickets posted by the small Union garrison stationed there.
On 4 August, both armies skirmished.
From then on the natives skirmished with the Americans at a further range.
Pulaski and 50 cavalry rode south to Burlington, where they skirmished with British sentries on February 28.
The two forces skirmished as the British marched southward, with both sides incurring minor casualties.
On September 14, they skirmished near Lawrence.
Wayne 's men skirmished with their adversaries.
There, she briefly skirmished with Somali rebels.
Averell 's men skirmished with McCausland 's rear guard.
Small French and Indian war bands skirmished with Braddock 's men during the march.
While Grenier 's corps skirmished with Gyulai 's center, Fontanelli 's Italian division hit the Austrian left flank.
Tarleton was unhorsed, and Lauzun 's Legion skirmished allowing the infantry to fire upon the British.
Their forces skirmished for 60 days, and then both withdrew.
Approaching Fort McAllister, he skirmished with the Confederate pickets, driving them back to the fort.
The armies ' vanguards skirmished at Dug Springs, Missouri on August 2.
