scrummage

plural scrummages

1. ball gamesAn ordered formation of forwards, typically bending down, binding to one another with their arms, and pushing opponents shoulder to shoulder, in which each side aims to gain control of the ball; a scrum.

   Synonyms: scrum

2. rareAmerican footballA scrimmage.
3. datedDated form of scrimmage (“a rough fight”).

   How would you like a scrummage, Andy, with them Scotchmen that stole your mother's chickens this morning?

   1835, John Pendleton Kennedy, Horse Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency

4. computingSynonym of scrum (“daily meeting”)

   Synonyms: scrum

present singular third person scrummages · participle present scrummaging · participle past scrummaged · past scrummaged

1. ball gamesTo engage in an ordered formation of forwards in which each side aims to gain control of the ball, as described above.