Skirmish /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Skirmished; p. pr. & vb. n. Skirmishing

1. To fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.

1. A slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
2. A slight contest.

   They never meet but there's a skirmish of wit.