different between skirmish vs gibberish

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)

1. (military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Any minor dispute.

3. 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)

1. To engage in a minor battle or dispute

Translations

English

Etymology

ca. 16th century. Either an onomatopoeia, imitating to the sound of chatter, probably influenced by jabber, or derived from the root of the Irish gob (“the mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??b.?.???/

Noun

gibberish (usually uncountable, plural gibberishes)

1. Speech or writing that is unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless.

   • Such gibberish as children may be heard amusing themselves with.
2. Needlessly obscure or overly technical language.
3. A language game, comparable to pig Latin, in which one inserts a nonsense syllable before the first vowel in each syllable of a word.

Synonyms

• gibber
• See also Thesaurus:nonsense

Translations

See also

• double Dutch
• framis
• gobbledygook, gobbledegook
• galimatias
• jargon
• mumbo jumbo
• nonsense
• rhubarb rhubarb

Adjective

gibberish (comparative more gibberish, superlative most gibberish)

1. unintelligible, incoherent or meaningless

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