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may-lay

*Hand-to-hand combat.

*Combat involving non-projectile battle, particularly with fists, club, etc.

*Verb : to inflict a physical attack on someone, usually with a non-sharp weapon like a club or a rifle-butt.
"In SOCOM I ran up to that guy and meleed his sorry ass."
melee by Dave April 16, 2004
Those melee units with swords and shields look cooler than those range units with bows and arrows.
melee by VmprHunter.D April 13, 2003
me-lee (may-lay)

1- a close-range attack, sometimes hand to hand but usually with the butt of a weapon.

2- The second "Super Smash Bros" game.

3- An awesome word to shout out when tension is particularly high, the goal being to instigate a fight.
1-Simmons:"Dude, you just melee'd that guy in the back of his head! he never saw it coming!"
Sarge:"Pwned."

2-Steve:"Hey man, you want to play some Melee?"
Todd:"No way man, I've got Brawl. Melee is so last-gen."

3-Jack:"So, how do we decide who gets the last cookie?"
Phil:"Melee!"
melee by The BXRabbit January 13, 2009
a game that is similar to Super Smash Bros Melee in that it has a large dedicated competitive fanbase even after the company who made it drops supported
Mario Kart Wii is the Melee of all Mario Kart games
Melee by StupidGamerEpic September 21, 2020
When everyone is fighting at the same time. A brawl.
The quarrel at the bar resulted in a melee of fists, kicks, and broken furniture.
melee by AYB March 20, 2003