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scrum

[skruhm] noun, verb, scrummed, scrum⋅ming.
–noun
1. a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
2. British. a place or situation of confusion and racket; hubbub.
–verb (used without object)
3. to engage in a scrum.
Also, scrummage (for defs. 1, 3).


Origin:
1885–90; short for scrummage
scrum   (skrŭm)   
n.  
  1. Sports
    1. A play in Rugby in which the two sets of forwards mass together around the ball and, with their heads down, struggle to gain possession of the ball.
    2. The mass or formation of players during such a play.
  2. Chiefly British A disordered or confused situation involving a number of people.
intr.v.   scrummed, scrum·ming, scrums
To engage in a scrum.

[Short for scrummage.]

scrum 
1888, abbreviation of scrummage, a variant form of scrimmage (q.v.).
Language Translation for : scrum
Spanish: melé,
German: der Skrum,
Japanese: スクラム
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