- a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people.
- confusion; turmoil; jumble: the melee of Christmas shopping.
- of or relating to close-range or hand-to-hand combat, especially in video games and role-playing games, but also in some other tabletop games: I don't enjoy playing melee jobs like Monk or Warrior—I prefer to snipe from afar with an archer or even a mage.You can choose any melee weapon type, but most players prefer daggers since the polearm was nerfed in an expansion last year.
- a group of diamonds, each weighing less than 0.25 carat.
- a noisy riotous fight or brawl
