Definitions for Melee
ˈmeɪ leɪ, meɪˈleɪ, ˈmɛl eɪmelee

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. melee, scrimmage, battle royalnoun

   a noisy riotous fight

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. meleenoun

   Hand-to-hand combat; mano a mano.

2. meleenoun

   A naval or armor battle at an abnormally close range, extending even to disorganized crowds of people or traffic jams, using no ammunition.

3. meleenoun

   A noisy or heated fight, argument or scrap

4. Etymology: Borrowed from mêlée, from meslee, feminine past participle of mesler, derived from misceo.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Melee

   A melee ( or , French: mêlée [mɛle]) or pell-mell is disorganized hand-to-hand combat in battles fought at abnormally close range with little central control once it starts. In military aviation, a melee has been defined as "[a]n air battle in which several aircraft, both friend and foe, are confusingly intermingled".

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1. melee

   A melee is a situation of confused, hectic and often violent or aggressive confrontation or fight involving a group of people. It can often refer to a chaotic hand-to-hand combat or a disorganized struggle among a group.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Meleenoun

   a fight in which the combatants are mingled in one confused mass; a hand to hand conflict; an affray

2. Etymology: [F., fr. mler to mix. See Meddle, Mell, and cf. Mellay.]

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1. Melee

   Melee, generally refers to disorganized close combat involving a group of fighters. A melee ensues when groups become locked together in combat with no regard to group tactics or fighting as an organized unit; each participant fights as an individual.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Mêlée

   mā-lā′, n. a fight in which the combatants are mingled together: a confused conflict: an affray. [Fr.,—mêler, to mix.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. mêlée

   (Fr.). A military term, which is used among the French to express the hurry and confusion of a battle. Mêlée corresponds with the English expression “thick of the fight.”

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How to pronounce Melee?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Fred

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Melee in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Melee in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Melee in a Sentence

1. Bonnie Dumanis:

   It was a melee basically, where two of the boys were stabbed. One went into an induced coma, luis was stabbed, and one got smashed in the eye.

2. High Smee:

   Sonic: What!! (The door itself opens behind Sonic) Get away from me! (the nintendo gamecube super smash bros melee and cindy-lou who pleas be Sonic's friend, and the smee manically laughs) I have to lose weight! (he backs away from them until he falls into the dark abyss) WOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. Susan Mora-Schrader:

   G-man was in the lead and decided to ignore Kurt's kicks and back into Juneau’s chest just as I was fishing for my phone to take a picture, what resulted with a bit of a melee that ended with me in the lead and Kurt taking pictures.

4. Anaheim Police Sergeant Daron Wyatt:

   As soon as they got out of their vehicle, immediately they were attacked by counter-protesters and this caused a melee down the block.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Melee
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Melee
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melee
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Melee
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Melee
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Melee
8. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html