SCRIMMAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrimmage mean? 

• SCRIMMAGE (noun)
  The noun SCRIMMAGE has 2 senses:

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

2. a noisy riotous fight

  Familiarity information: SCRIMMAGE used as a noun is rare.

• SCRIMMAGE (verb)
  The verb SCRIMMAGE has 1 sense:

1. practice playing (a sport)

  Familiarity information: SCRIMMAGE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRIMMAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scrimmage" is a kind of...):

drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)

Domain category:

American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)

Derivation:

scrimmage (practice playing (a sport))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A noisy riotous fight

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

battle royal; melee; scrimmage

Hypernyms ("scrimmage" is a kind of...):

disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)

• SCRIMMAGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they scrimmage    ... he / she / it scrimmages   
Past simple: scrimmaged   
Past participle: scrimmaged   
-ing form: scrimmaging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Practice playing (a sport)

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "scrimmage" is one way to...):

practice; practise; rehearse (engage in a rehearsal (of))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

scrimmage ((American football) practice play between a football team's squads)