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scrummage
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context rugby English) An ordered formation of forwards in which each side aims to gain control of the ball; a scrum. 2 (context American football rare English) A scrimmage. vb. (context rugby English) To engage in an ordered formation of forwards ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish. ``Sore scrymmishe.'' --Ld. Berners.] [Written also scrummage .] Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession [syn: scrum ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Are at least able to make an educated guess as to who is collapsing the scrummage . 7. ▪ But the reality is different; collapsed scrummages appear to be on the increase, despite the obvious dangers. ▪ From a scrummage on the ...
Usage examples of scrummage.
No score and three minutes of play left, Cape Town attacking from a set scrummage, driving through a gap in the defence and then putting the ball in the air with a long raking pass, taken cleanly by the Cape Town wing without a break in his stride.
Sam Holt, Jem Taylor, Eaton and Will Bentley scurried up, in a scrummage with their men.
But there suddenly he was: a small, slim man with light brown hair, standing at the center of a scrummage of competing dinner-jackets and cocktail dresses, yet miraculously occupying a solitary point of grace and calm.
WAS BUSY that night, the dance floor a scrummage of writhing humanity.
Iven cast her a rueful glance, knowing how much she had missed eating meat since joining company with the witches, and scrummaged in the store-barrels for something to throw the dogs.
The passengers scrummaged their way out, drumming their briefcases against the closed doors of the elevators in what seemed to be a ritual display of temper.
And there were days that packed into the space of a few hours the concentrated essence of a music-hall knock-about sketch, an earthquake, a football scrummage, and the rush-hour on the Tube.