scrimmage
Noun
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Noun
scrimmage (plural scrimmages)
- A rough fight.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 47
- There was an instant of complete silence, but when Tough Bill threw himself on Strickland the lust of battle seized them all, and in a moment there was a confused scrimmage. Tables were overturned, glasses crashed to the ground.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 47
- (United States) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
- In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.
- See also Thesaurus:fight
scrimmage (scrimmages, present participle scrimmaging; past and past participle scrimmaged)
- To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
- We scrimmaged a few times and then settled into boring drills.
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