1. An awkward clash
   "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman"

Type of: brush, clash, encounter, skirmish

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• quassia family
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• quatercentenary
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• Quaternary period
• quaternate
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• quatrefoil
• quattrocento
• quaver
• quavering