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scrum

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scrum /ˈskrʌm/ noun
plural scrums
scrum
/ˈskrʌm/
noun
plural scrums
Learner's definition of SCRUM
[count]
rugby
: a way of starting play again in which players from each team come together and try to get control of the ball by pushing against each other and using their feet when the ball is thrown in between them并列争球(两队球员互相顶架,用脚争夺抛到他们之间地上的球)
: the group of players who are involved in a scrum并列争球的队员
: a large group of people who are close together in one place拥挤的人群
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1
a
or scrummage : a rugby play in which the forwards of each side come together in a tight formation and struggle to gain possession of the ball using their feet when it is tossed in among them
also : the arrangement of players in a scrum
b
: a usually brief and disorderly struggle or fight : scrape, scuffle
2
a
British : madhouse sense 2
b
: a usually tightly packed or disorderly crowd : throng
scrummage intransitive verb

Example Sentences

I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall. when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated
Recent Examples on the Web Pat Allen, director of the Oregon Health Authority, declined to jump into the OHSU union-management scrum. oregonlive, 3 Sep. 2022 While that was happening, more fighting broke out around the scrum. Mark Daniels, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022 When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Kaiser jumped right into the scrum. Steven Zeitchik, Washington Post, 2 July 2022 The Olympics are the Olympics because the whole world is invited—at least the best in the world—and then all the athletes are thrown into the scrum together, and forced to compete at the height of their physical and mental talents. Amby Burfoot, Outside Online, 15 Oct. 2019 The three took a train to another building, where a full press scrum was assembled and waiting. Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2022 The vision of an abundant energy future will attract a scrum of billionaires, political operatives, and misty-eyed business leaders intent on resurrecting that oldest of pundit dreams: a bipartisan climate bill. Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 July 2022 Winker, during Sunday’s scrum, later got in the face of Nevin, voicing his anger over the situation, then made an obscene gesture to the Angel Stadium crowd on his way off the field after getting ejected. Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022 The first outpost opened at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore this past April and has seen a scrum for reservations—David Beckham dined there last week. Andy Wang, Robb Report, 21 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

short for scrummage, alteration of scrimmage

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of scrum was in 1848
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