Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
chance-medley is a noun meaning "an unpremeditated killing of a human being in self defense". It carries one recorded sense.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for chance-medley come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.