Melée generally means hand-to-hand combat or mano-a-mano. Weapons commonly used in melée include swords, clubs, spears, axes, or fists: almost anything you can hit someone with. The word melée is specific to disorganized hand-to-hand battles, which may even be free-for-all occasions. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Mano-a-mano is a Spanish construction meaning hand-to-hand. It was used originally for bullfights where just two matadors confront each other. ... A sword (from Old English sweord; akin to Old High German swerd lit. ... Hercules fights the Lernaean Hydra with a club A club or cudgel is perhaps the simplest of all melee weapons. ... A spear is an ancient weapon, used for hunting and war. ... Ax music is a style of popular music which orginated in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. ... Fist can refer to the following: The term used to describe the clenched hand when the fingers are curled into the palm and the thumb is retracted. ...

By extension, melée can also refer to a naval or armor battle at abnormally close range, and even to disorganized crowds of people and vehicles, such as mobs, mosh pits, and traffic jams. USS Port Royal (CG-73), a Ticonderoga class cruiser. ... An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons. ... The Crowd an influencial and acclaimed American film released in 1928, and nominated for the Academy Award for Unique and Artistic Production that same year. ... Vehicles are non-living means of transport. ... The word mob has its origins in the 1600s when it was formed from the latin mobile vulgus, meaning a vacillating crowd. ... This article or section should be merged with mosh. ... Traffic jams are common in heavily populated areas. ...

Usage of this word has increased in certain segments of the population due to its presence in role-playing games and computer games, such as those in the first person shooter genre. In general, a melée attack will only hit its target when at extremely close range. It uses no ammunition, and to create game balance, these attacks may be faster or more powerful. Due to the difficulty of approaching and attacking an opponent at extremely close range when ranged attacks are available to players or enemies, a successful melée attack is often considered elegant or skillful, and the game may reward players who manage to successfully utilize such attacks. This article is about traditional role-playing games. ... A computer game is a game composed of a computer-controlled virtual universe that players interact with in order to achieve a defined goal or set of goals. ... A first-person shooter (FPS) is a computer or video game where the players on-screen view of the game world simulates that of the character, and there is some element of shooting involved. ... 5. ...