n. 25B6; noun
the unit was caught up in a skirmish : FIGHT, battle, clash, conflict, encounter, engagement, fray, combat.
there was a skirmish over the budget : ARGUMENT, quarrel, squabble, contretemps, disagreement, difference of opinion, falling-out, dispute, clash, altercation; informal tiff, spat; Brit. informal row, barney, ding-dong.
25B6; verb they skirmished with enemy soldiers : FIGHT, (do) battle with, engage with, close with, combat, clash with.