scrimmage
English
editEtymology
editA corruption of skirmish.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈskɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈskɹɪməd͡ʒ/
- Rhymes: -ɪmɪd͡ʒ
Noun
editscrimmage (plural scrimmages)
- A rough fight.
- get caught up in a scrimmage
- 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 47”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
- There was an instant of complete silence, but when Tough Bill threw himself on Strickland the lust of battle seized them all, and in a moment there was a confused scrimmage. Tables were overturned, glasses crashed to the ground.
- (US) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
- 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.
Synonyms
edit- See also Thesaurus:fight
Derived terms
editTranslations
editrough fight
practice game — see exhibition game
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Verb
editscrimmage (third-person singular simple present scrimmages, present participle scrimmaging, simple past and past participle scrimmaged)
- To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
- We scrimmaged a few times and then settled into boring drills.
- 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 45:
- Elwood caught sight of a football field where some boys scrimmaged and yelped.