échauffourée — meaning in English

English meaning

• broil verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
• clash noun A loud, jarring sound made when hard objects strike together.
• scuffle noun A brief, disorganized fight or struggle at close quarters.
• skirmish noun A short fight between small groups, usually part of a bigger conflict.

Senses

échauffourée is used for these senses in English:

• broil (archaic) A brawl; a rowdy disturbance.
• clash A skirmish, a hostile encounter.
• scuffle A rough, disorderly fight or struggle at close quarters.
• skirmish (military) A brief battle between small groups, usually part of a longer or larger battle or war.

broil — full definition

1. verb To cook by direct, radiant heat.
2. verb To expose to great heat.
3. verb To be exposed to great heat.

clash — full definition

1. noun A loud, jarring sound made when hard objects strike together.
2. noun A serious disagreement, fight, or conflict between people or groups.
3. verb To disagree or fight, often heatedly.
4. verb Of colours, patterns, or styles: to look bad together.
5. verb To happen at the same time, making it impossible to attend both.

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