scrummage
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of scrummage
Perhaps originally a dialectal variant of scrimmage
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After the speech, I’ll be throwing myself into the scrummage of senior party figures trying to grab as many interviews as I can.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2024
Ben Earl's energy trumps Billy Vunipola in back row, Dan Cole's scrummage smarts edge him ahead of Kyle Sinckler for the tighthead starting spot.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2023
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
In the twinkling of an eye it was broached, and fifty backs were shoving round it like a football scrummage.
From Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross
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
The dynamic prop has tirelessly scrummaged, tackled and carried with real intensity.
From BBC ● Mar. 11, 2023
Max Malins impressed with his first international tries while Ellie Genge carried, rucked and scrummaged tirelessly before powering over for England's third.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2023
They started well, scrummaged badly by their standards, lost and shrugged.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 21, 2011
Nine times Perpignan scrummaged and four times they won penalties as the pressure built to a head.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2010
Val Rapava Ruskin is one of the top-flight's best scrummaging loose-heads.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
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
Nicky Smith was one of those promoted and his scrummaging provided a platform for a vastly improved showing against Ireland.
From BBC ● May 5, 2025
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 P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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