<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Military: a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.</li><li>Synonyms: brush, combat.</li><li>any brisk conflict or encounter: She had a skirmish with her landlord about the rent.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to engage in a skirmish.</li></ul>