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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scrummage
noun
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▪ 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.

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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.