minibattle

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noun

A minor battle.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounminibattle (plural minibattles)

plural minibattles

  1. A minor battle.

    Full Circle will perform on Wednesday, and Rokafella has served as the library's liaison, giving breaking workshops at the Bronx Library Center. Mr. Martin said he hoped some of her students would participate in a relaxed minibattle as part of the evening.

    2007 December 2, Claudia La Rocco, “B-Boys of the Bronx, Dancing in the Street”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Italianminiatura
  2. Englishminiature
  3. Englishmini-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  5. Latinbattuō
  6. Late Latinbattālia
  7. Old Frenchbataille
  8. Middle Englishbatayle
  9. Englishbattle
  10. Englishminibattle

From mini- + battle.

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APA

minibattle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minibattle

MLA

“minibattle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minibattle. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minibattle,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minibattle.

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