Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish.
"Sore scrymmishe." --Ld. Berners.] [Written also
scrummage.]
1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight
or struggle.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball
is put in play.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
scrimmage
n 1: (American football) practice play between a football team's
squads
2: a noisy riotous fight [syn: melee, battle royal]
v : practice playing (a sport)
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "scrimmage":
action, aerial combat, affray, armored combat, battle,
battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha, brush, bullfight, clash,
clash of arms, cockfight, combat, conflict, disturbance, dogfight,
donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, exchange of blows, fight,
fire fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, ground combat,
hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, house-to-house combat,
knock-down-and-drag-out, melee, naval combat, passage of arms,
pitched battle, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble,
rumpus, running fight, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set-to,
shoving match, skirmish, stand-up fight, street fight, struggle,
tauromachy, tug-of-war, tussle
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