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scrimmage definition

scrim·mage (skrim′ij)

noun

  1. a rough-and-tumble fight; tussle; confused struggle
  2. ☆ Football
    1. line of scrimmage
    2. play that begins with the snap from center, with both teams positioned on the line of scrimmage
  3. Rugby scrum
  4. ☆ Sports a practice session or game between two different teams or two units of the same team

Etymology: altered < skirmish

intransitive verb, transitive verb scrimmaged -·maged, scrimmaging -·mag·ing

to take part in a scrimmage (against)

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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