skirmish russian

• схва́тка

  skirmish, scuffle, tussle, fight

  clash, struggle, contest

  contraction (in labour), labour pain, spasm

• перестре́лка

  exchange of fire, shootout, skirmish, gunfight

• сты́чка

  clash, skirmish, encounter

  squabble, bickering, spat

• перепа́лка

  skirmish, high words, squabble, wrangle

• застре́льщик

  pioneer, initiator, pace-setter, skirmisher

Examples

• Между соседями произошла небольшая стычка.

  There was a minor skirmish between the neighbors.