noun
- a rough-and-tumble fight; tussle; confused struggle
- ☆ Football
- line of scrimmage
- play that begins with the snap from center, with both teams positioned on the line of scrimmage
- Rugby scrum
- ☆ Sports a practice session or game between two different teams or two units of the same team
Origin:
altered < skirmish
intransitive verb, transitive verb scrimmaged, scrimmaging
to take part in a scrimmage (against)