Usually means: Close combat involving multiple combatants.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word melee:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. melee: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. melee: Merriam-Webster
  3. melee: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. melee: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. melee: Collins English Dictionary
  6. melee: Vocabulary.com
  7. Melee, melee: Wordnik
  8. melee: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. melee: Wiktionary
  10. melee: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. melee (m=E0l=E9e): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. melee: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Mel'Ee, Mel'ee, melee: Dictionary.com
  14. melee: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. melee: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Melee (Dogleg album), Melee (disambiguation), Melee (game), Melee (game terminology), Melee (gaming), Melee (tournament), Melee (warfare), Melee: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Melee: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. melee: Rhymezone
  19. Melee: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. melee: FreeDictionary.org
  21. melee: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. melee: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. melee: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Melee: Miniature Wargaming Glossary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. melee: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. melee: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. melee: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See meleeing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (especially military, gaming) A battle fought at close range, (especially) one not involving ranged weapons; hand-to-hand combat; brawling.
noun:  A loud, confused or tumultuous fight, argument or scrap.
noun:  Any confused, disorganised, disordered or chaotic situation.
noun:  Lively contention or debate, skirmish.
noun:  (military, historical) A cavalry exercise in which two groups of riders try to cut paper plumes off the helmets of their opponents, the contest continuing until no member of one group retains his plume.
noun:  Small cut and polished gemstones sold in lots.
verb:  (video games, slang) To physically hit in close quarters, as opposed to shooting, blowing up, or other ranged means of damage. Often refers to the usage of a hand-to-hand weapon.
adjective:  (gaming) Of a weapon: used in close-range combat.

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