skirmish
noun
a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
is skirmishing
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present progressiveof skirmish (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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At present, EMI is skirmishing with the Entrepreneur Hall of Fame and Museum, a one-man website based in Glen Cove, N.Y., with aspirations of someday occupying a brick-and-mortar facility.
From BusinessWeek ● May 19, 2011
March 20th.—There is skirmishing everyday on the Peninsula.
From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones
Our cavalry has crossed the river, and is skirmishing with the rebels; We marched ten miles to-day.
From Diary of Battery A, First Regiment Rhode Island Light Artillery by Theodore Reichardt
