Definition of "skirmished" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of skirmish. (verb)

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• "Before daylight he "skirmished" them to a trench he knew of two hundred yards in advance, where he had seen one of his regiment the day before."
• "The two share thousands of miles of border, over which they have skirmished as recently as 1969."
• "For a few days the Macedonians skirmished with these brigands, but to little avail."