Tuesday word: Melee
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Melee (noun, adjective)
me·lee [mey-ley, mey-ley, mel-ey]
noun
1. a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
2. confusion; turmoil; jumble: the melee of Christmas shopping.
adjective
3. Games. of or relating to close-range or hand-to-hand combat, especially in video games and role-playing games, but also in some other tabletop games: I don't enjoy playing melee jobs like Monk or Warrior—I prefer to snipe from afar with an archer or even a mage. // You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.
WORDS RELATED TO MELEE
brawl, brouhaha, clash, fracas, free-for-all, ruckus, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, tussle, affray, broil, brush, fray, row, ruction, rumpus, set-to, to-do, words
See synonyms for melee on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1640–50; from French mêlée “quarrel, mixture”; see origin at medley
HOW TO USE MELEE IN A SENTENCE
In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
DR. KING GOES TO HOLLYWOOD: THE FLAWED HISTORY OF ‘SELMA’ | GARY MAY | JANUARY 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was Orlando vs. Justin in an Ibiza melee with two highly unlikely opposing parties.
THE BLOOM-BIEBER BRAWL WE DIDN’T KNOW WE NEEDED | KEVIN O’KEEFFE | DECEMBER 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
They made one last charge for the airport, and when the riot police blocked them again a melee ensued.
MEXICAN PROTESTERS LOOK TO START A NEW REVOLUTION | JASON MCGAHAN | NOVEMBER 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Kurds entered a buffer zone on the Turkish border and in the melee at least four protestor were wounded.
KOBANI STILL STANDS AGAINST ISIS AND ALL ODDS. BUT FOR HOW LONG? | JAMIE DETTMER | OCTOBER 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But Silva, hapless Silva, got his merely for tangling with the Colombian goalkeeper in a clumsy melee of limbs.
BRAZIL AND COLOMBIA BRING THE UGLY GAME | TUNKU VARADARAJAN | JULY 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Melee (noun, adjective)
me·lee [mey-ley, mey-ley, mel-ey]
noun
1. a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
2. confusion; turmoil; jumble: the melee of Christmas shopping.
adjective
3. Games. of or relating to close-range or hand-to-hand combat, especially in video games and role-playing games, but also in some other tabletop games: I don't enjoy playing melee jobs like Monk or Warrior—I prefer to snipe from afar with an archer or even a mage. // You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.
WORDS RELATED TO MELEE
brawl, brouhaha, clash, fracas, free-for-all, ruckus, scrimmage, scuffle, skirmish, tussle, affray, broil, brush, fray, row, ruction, rumpus, set-to, to-do, words
See synonyms for melee on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1640–50; from French mêlée “quarrel, mixture”; see origin at medley
HOW TO USE MELEE IN A SENTENCE
In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
DR. KING GOES TO HOLLYWOOD: THE FLAWED HISTORY OF ‘SELMA’ | GARY MAY | JANUARY 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
It was Orlando vs. Justin in an Ibiza melee with two highly unlikely opposing parties.
THE BLOOM-BIEBER BRAWL WE DIDN’T KNOW WE NEEDED | KEVIN O’KEEFFE | DECEMBER 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
They made one last charge for the airport, and when the riot police blocked them again a melee ensued.
MEXICAN PROTESTERS LOOK TO START A NEW REVOLUTION | JASON MCGAHAN | NOVEMBER 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Kurds entered a buffer zone on the Turkish border and in the melee at least four protestor were wounded.
KOBANI STILL STANDS AGAINST ISIS AND ALL ODDS. BUT FOR HOW LONG? | JAMIE DETTMER | OCTOBER 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
But Silva, hapless Silva, got his merely for tangling with the Colombian goalkeeper in a clumsy melee of limbs.
BRAZIL AND COLOMBIA BRING THE UGLY GAME | TUNKU VARADARAJAN | JULY 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
