To separate combatants by intervening.

To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.

To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.

To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

very tiny amount. A close relative to a "smidgen," but not quite as much as a glob of "schmutz."

A shallow rapid in a river; also, the current below a waterfall.

To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.