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Definition of Scrimmage

1. Verb. Practice playing (a sport).

2. Noun. (American football) practice play between a football team's squads.

3. Noun. A noisy riotous fight.

Definition of Scrimmage

1. n. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.

Definition of Scrimmage

1. Noun. A rough fight. ¹

2. Noun. In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record. ¹

3. Noun. In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage. ¹

4. Verb. To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scrimmage

1. [v -MAGED, -MAGING, -MAGES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrimmage

scrieve scrieved scrieves scrieving scriggle scriggled scriggles scriggling scriggly scrike

scriked scrikes scriking scrilla scrim scrimmage (current term) scrimmage line scrimmaged scrimmager scrimmagers

scrimmages scrimmaging scrimp scrimp and save scrimped scrimper scrimpers scrimpier scrimpiest scrimpily

Literary usage of Scrimmage

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"The Bear at first felt uncommonly proud, As he pawed at tiller, and pulled at shroud, With a topsy-turvy, cannon and scrimmage, The Bear at first felt ..."

2. Inside Football by Frank W. Cavanaugh (1919)
"CHAPTER IV scrimmage AND CORRECTIONS scrimmage practice should begin as early as possible, and naturally a team will require and desire two or three such ..."

3. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, New York (State). State Historian, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden (1904)
"... respect Your Excellency's Most Obedient Servant, Excellency Governor Clinton. [No. 4202.] General Heath Reports to Governor Clinton a scrimmage with De ..."

4. Spalding's Official Foot Ball Guide ...: Foot Ball Rules as Recommended by by National Collegiate Athletic Association, Walter Camp (1915)
"RULE IX. the side holding the ball shall be on the line of scrimmage. A player shall be considered to be on the Player on line of scrimmage if he has both ..."

5. English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready by Henry Barton Baker (1879)
"... Virginius—His Marriage—A Pretty Love Story—First Visit to America—A Parisian Success—Werner—scrimmage with Bunn—Lessee of Covent Garden—Heavy Losses—As ..."

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