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skirmish
English
Alternative forms
- scirmish
Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old French escarmouche (“skirmish”), from Italian scaramuccia, earlier schermugio.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sk??m??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sk?m??/
- Hyphenation: skir?mish
Noun
skirmish (plural skirmishes)
- (military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
- (figuratively, by extension) Any minor dispute.
- A type of outdoor military style game using paintball or similar weapons.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:fight
- See also Thesaurus:dispute
Related terms
- screen
Translations
Verb
skirmish (third-person singular simple present skirmishes, present participle skirmishing, simple past and past participle skirmished)
- To engage in a minor battle or dispute
Translations
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bout
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ba?t/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /b??t/
- Homophone: 'bout
Etymology 1
From Middle English bught, probably from an unrecorded variant of Old English byht (“a bend”), from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“a bend”). See bight, bought.
Noun
bout (plural bouts)
- A period of something, usually painful or unpleasant.
- a bout of drought.
- (boxing) A boxing match.
- (fencing) An assault (a fencing encounter) at which the score is kept.
- (roller derby) A roller derby match.
- A fighting competition.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- Then they had bouts of wrestling and of cudgel play, so that every day they gained in skill and strength.
- 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood Chapter V
- (music) A bulge or widening in a musical instrument, such as either of the two characteristic bulges of a guitar.
- (dated) The going and returning of a plough, or other implement used to mark the ground and create a headland, across a field.
- 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair […] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:
- The outside bout of each land is ploughed two inches deeper, and from thence the water runs into cross furrows, which are dug with a spade […] I have an instrument of great power, called a scarifier, for this purpose. It is drawn by four horses, and completely prepares the land for the seed at each bout.
- 1922, An Ingenious One-Way Agrimotor, published in The Commercial Motor, volume 34, published by Temple Press, page 32:
- It is in this manner that the ploughs are reversed at the termination of each bout of the field.
- 1976, Claude Culpin, Farm Machinery, page 60:
- The last two rounds must be ploughed shallower, and on the last bout the strip left should be one furrow width for a two-furrow plough, two for a three-furrow, and so on. […]
- 1809, A Letter to Sir John Sinclair […] containing a Statement of the System under which a considerable Farm is profitably managed in Hertfordshire. Given at the request of the Board. By Thomas Greg, Esq., published in The Farmer's Magazine, page 395:
Translations
Verb
bout (third-person singular simple present bouts, present participle bouting, simple past and past participle bouted)
- To contest a bout.
Etymology 2
Written form of a reduction of about.
Preposition
bout
- (colloquial) Aphetic form of about
- They're talking bout you!
- Maddy is bout to get beat up!
References
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bout, from Old Dutch *bolt, from Proto-West Germanic *bolt, from Proto-Germanic *bultaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?u?t/
- Hyphenation: bout
- Rhymes: -?u?t
- Homophones: boud, bouwt
Noun
bout m (plural bouten, diminutive boutje n)
- bolt (threaded metal cylinder)
- 2004, Wim Ravesteijn, Jan H. Kop, Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000, page 104.
- 2004, Wim Ravesteijn, Jan H. Kop, Bouwen in de Archipel. Burgerlijke openbare werken in Nederlands-Indië 1800-2000, page 104.
- haunch, leg of an animal as food
- 2010, Ilse D'hooge, Het complete Libelle pastaboek.
- Synonyms: poot, schenkel
- 2010, Ilse D'hooge, Het complete Libelle pastaboek.
- (vulgar) fart
- Synonyms: buikwind, scheet, ruft, wind
- bolt (crossbow arrow)
- 1875, Willem Jacob Hofdijk, De oude schutterij in Nederland, page 19.
- Synonyms: kruisboogbout, schicht
- 1875, Willem Jacob Hofdijk, De oude schutterij in Nederland, page 19.
- (Suriname) thigh
- bar, rod
- Synonyms: staaf, stang
- (archaic) darling, sweetheart, dear
- Synonyms: lieverd, lieveling, schat, schattebout
- iron (apparatus for ironing clothing)
- 1986, Jan Terlouw, Gevangenis met een open deur, page 21.
- Synonyms: strijkbout, strijkijzer
- 1986, Jan Terlouw, Gevangenis met een open deur, page 21.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: baut
See also
- moer
- schroef
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French bout (“a blow”), derivative of bouter (“to strike”), of Germanic origin. More at bouter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bu/, (sense 3) /but/
- Rhymes: -u
- Homophones: boue, boues, bous, bou, bout, bouts
Noun
bout m (plural bouts)
- end, extremity, tip (of a physical object)
- bit, piece, scrap
- (nautical) rope
Derived terms
Verb
bout
- third-person singular present indicative of bouillir
Further reading
- “bout” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
From bouter (“to strike”)
Noun
bout m (oblique plural bouz or boutz, nominative singular bouz or boutz, nominative plural bout)
- end (extremity)
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