Find the word definition

Crossword clues for scrummage

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scrummage
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 22 a double mis-move by Hepburn created the gap for centre Wilcoxon to score under the posts.
▪ It all revolves around who get the put-in to the scrummage following a stoppage at ruck or maul.
▪ Our scrummage must be rock-solid so we get a stable platform to work off.
▪ Over went a Grayson penalty just before half time, and on came the pressure at the scrummage into the second half.
▪ Really, there should not be any collapsed scrummages during the 80 minutes of play.
▪ They can tackle the recipient and hope to win the scrummage put-in themselves.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
scrummage

Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish. ``Sore scrymmishe.'' --Ld. Berners.] [Written also scrummage.]

  1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

  2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.

Wiktionary
scrummage

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 in which each side aims to gain control of the ball.

WordNet
scrummage

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]

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.