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[skruhm] noun, verb, scrummed, scrum⋅ming.| 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. |
| 3. | to engage in a scrum. |
| scrum·mage (skrŭm'ĭj) n. A scrum. intr.v. scrum·maged, scrum·mag·ing, scrum·mag·es To engage in a scrum. [Alteration of scrimmage.] scrum'mag·er n. |
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