scrimmage en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈskɹɪməd͡ʒ/ (General-American)
- /ˈskɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/ (UK)
Etymology
A corruption of skirmish.
Meanings
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A rough fight.
get caught up in a scrimmage
There was an instant of complete silence, but when Tough Bill threw himself on Strickland the lust of battle seized them all, and in a moment there was a confused scrimmage. Tables were overturned, glasses crashed to the ground.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
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(US) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
Merchandise sales surged. The spring scrimmage, usually a yawn of an afterthought at Colorado, was packed.
2024 October 4, John Branch, “What Does College Football Have to Do With College?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
- In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| scrimmages | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
defensive line of scrimmage · offensive line of scrimmage
Translations (9)
pl bójka (rough fight) · pl awantura (rough fight) · pl scrimmage (play that begins with a snap) · pl bijatyka (rough fight) · bg боричкане (rough fight) · bg меле (play that begins with a snap) · fi tappelu (rough fight) · fi nujakka (rough fight) · nl schermutseling (rough fight)