SCRUMMAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scrummage mean? 

• SCRUMMAGE (noun)
  The noun SCRUMMAGE has 1 sense:

1. (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession

  Familiarity information: SCRUMMAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCRUMMAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

scrum; scrummage

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

beginning; commencement; start (the act of starting something)

Domain category:

rugby; rugby football; rugger (a form of football played with an oval ball)