scrimmage

Meaning of scrimmage

noun
  1. a confused struggle or fight.
    there was a considerable scrimmage, with people anxious to obtain cabs
  2. a sequence of play beginning with the placing of the ball on the ground with its longest axis at right angles to the goal line.
    Michigan was called for pass interference in the first play from scrimmage
verb
  1. engage in a scrimmage.
    I recommended that we be able to scrimmage against other schools during the spring

late Middle English: alteration of dialect scrimish, variant of the noun skirmish.

Information about scrimmage

  • The plural form of scrimmage is: scrimmages.
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Hyphenation of scrimmage

scrim-mage

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • scrimmage is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

scrimmage synonyms

Meaning a violent confrontation or struggle:

fight

Meaning a sustained fight between large organized armed forces:

battle

Meaning a forceful or violent effort to get free of restraint or resist attack:

struggle

Meaning a vigorous struggle or scuffle, typically in order to obtain or achieve something:

tussle

Meaning a rough or noisy fight or quarrel:

brawl

Meaning a noisy disturbance or quarrel:

fracas, shindy

Meaning a noisy disturbance; a row:

rumpus

Meaning a scene of uproar and disorder; a heated argument:

donnybrook

Meaning an instance of group fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace:

affray

Meaning a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used:

scrap

Meaning an ordered formation of players, used to restart play, in which the forwards of a team form up with arms interlocked and heads down, and push forward against a similar group from the opposing side. Th:

scrum

Meaning the sweet course following the main course of a meal; pudding:

afters

Meaning a violent disturbance:

roughhouse

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