scrummage
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of scrummage
Perhaps originally a dialectal variant of scrimmage
Example Sentences
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In a less violent, but all the more ridiculous scrummage, two women at an undisclosed Walmart were caught on video getting into a tussling match over a Shark vacuum cleaner.
From Fox News ● Nov. 30, 2019
“If you don’t like to scrummage you’re in the wrong position,” he told the front rows of Munster and Toulouse.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 11, 2019
Tight-heads tend to be lone wolves, who live for the scrummage and the chance to cause the opposition front row pain.
From BBC ● Mar. 13, 2017
I have noticed a change in body positions and the way they now scrummage as a whole pack.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 20, 2015
Well, well, times he takes a notion to scrummage in dustheaps, the lil' scavenger!
From The Soul of Susan Yellam by Vachell, Horace Annesley
Scored tries in the first and second Test, scrummaged well, carried with the pace and dexterity of a top-class centre but with the power of a beast.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2025
Dwyer claimed England tight-head Dan Cole scrummaged illegally during the win over the Wallabies on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2016
Strange as it may sound, I'll probably have to do a bit of homework before Saturday because I have only ever scrummaged against Paul once, and that was when we were 15.
From BBC ● May 31, 2013
We stopped their driving maul pretty well and drove them back a few times, we scrummaged well, we got a bit of pressure on their lineout early on, and the back row tackled themselves to a standstill.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 27, 2011
I think we scrummaged well and also the players on the bench like Alasdair Dickinson and Scott Lawson did well when they came on.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 20, 2010
Muir was a key player for John Mitchell's side throughout the World Cup with her destructive ball-carrying and scrummaging.
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
"I think there is theatre that comes in scrummaging, it is what makes rugby union special," he told Rugby Union Weekly.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
Excellent scrummaging from Quins, they stay solid under huge pressure near their line and then despite an Alex Dombrandt slip they get a penalty which Marcus Smith hammers to the 10 yard line.
From BBC ● May 4, 2024
Drill sessions include running, passing, and scrummaging, and for energy the girls chew sugarcane.
From Reuters ● May 30, 2023
While the forwards were scrummaging on the second fifteen ground, the outsides ran and passed on the first fifteen ground over at the other end of the field.
From The Head of Kay's by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
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