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Definition of geplänkel (veraltet) in German English dictionary
- skirmish
- To engage in a minor battle or dispute
- By extension, any minor dispute
- A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons
- {n} a slight engagement, encounter, fight
- {v} to fight loosely or in small parties
- desultory fighting between advanced detachments of two armies
- {f} dispute, squabble, argue; fight a minor battle, engage in a scrimmage
- A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war
- A skirmish is a minor battle. Border skirmishes between India and Pakistan were common
- A minor dispute
- If people skirmish, they fight. They were skirmishing close to the minefield now Police skirmished with youths on the estate last Friday
- A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops
- {i} dispute, squabble, spat; minor battle, minor fight, clash
- engage in a skirmish
- a minor short-term fight
- To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers
- In warfare a tactic of attacking with missile weapons without making contact
- A slight contest