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
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
This scrummage with the Revenge will be no dancin' heel-and-toe.
From Blackbeard: Buccaneer by Frank Earle Schoonover
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
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
Dwyer claimed England tight-head Dan Cole scrummaged illegally during the win over the Wallabies on Saturday.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2016
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
Botterman's scrummaging has improved under Mitchell to earn a regular starting spot, but it is her ability to make turnovers and carry the ball into heavy traffic that are her foremost strengths.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2025
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
"Everyone understands if you want to go and win big games against tier-one countries you cannot play only this heavy game with just scrummaging or mauling."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 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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