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English

Etymology

scrum +? -age

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sk??m.?d?/

Noun

scrummage (plural scrummages)

1. (rugby) An ordered formation of forwards, typically bending down, binding to one another with their arms, and pushing opponents shoulder to shoulder, in which each side aims to gain control of the ball; a scrum.
2. (American football, rare) A scrimmage.

Synonyms

• scrum

Translations

Verb

scrummage (third-person singular simple present scrummages, present participle scrummaging, simple past and past participle scrummaged)

1. (rugby) To engage in an ordered formation of forwards in which each side aims to gain control of the ball, as described above.

Translations

English

Etymology

From scrummage, from scrimmage (source: The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sk??m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

scrum (plural scrums)

1. A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.

2. (Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.

4. (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.

   Synonyms: scrumdown, scrummage

5. (software engineering) In Agile software development, a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

Translations

See also

• ruck, maul, scrum-half
• Wikipedia article on Scrum (rugby)

Anagrams

• Crums, crums

Aromanian

Etymology

From Albanian shkrumb (“ash”).

Noun

scrum n (plural scrumuri)

1. ashes

Derived terms

• scrumedz
• nscrum
• ascrum

Romanian

Etymology

Origin unknown. Possibly from archaic scrumb; a substratum word, akin to or from Albanian shkrumb. Other theories include Cuman Turkic kurum ("soot") (cf. Hungarian korom). Alternatively, it may simply be from an expressive root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [skrum]

Noun

scrum n (plural scrumuri)

1. ash
2. slag

Declension

Derived terms

• scrumier?
• scrumelni??, (rare)

See also

• cenu?? f

References