scrimmage
pronunciation
How to pronounce scrimmage in British English:
UK [ˈskrɪmɪdʒ]
How to pronounce scrimmage in American English:
US ['skrɪmɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- a noisy riotous fight
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- Verb:
- practice playing (a sport)
Word Origin
- scrimmage
- scrimmage: see skirmish
- scrimmage (n.)
- sometimes also scrummage, late 15c., alteration of skirmish (n.). Meaning in rugby and U.S. football dates from 1857, originally "a confused struggle between players."
- scrimmage (v.)
- 1825, "quarrel, argue," from scrimmage (n.). Team sports sense is from 1881. Related: Scrimmaged; scrimmaging.
Example
- 1. He was hurt when his ankle buckled late in a scrimmage friday .
- 2. Official in charge of checking player equipment and signaling infractions near the line of scrimmage .
- 3. Institutions or the pattern of small-scale scrimmage , but last week began to do more unified .
- 4. The position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play .
- 5. Rather than american football , where both teams line up on opposite sides of the scrimmage line , politely waiting for the hike , future warfare will be a soccer game -- continuous motion with forces intermixed .