scrimmage

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English

Etymology

A corruption of skirmish.

Pronunciation

Noun

scrimmage (plural scrimmages)

  1. A rough fight.
    get caught up in a scrimmage
  2. (US) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
  3. 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.

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Translations

practice game — see exhibition game
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Verb

scrimmage (third-person singular simple present scrimmages, present participle scrimmaging, simple past and past participle scrimmaged)

  1. To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
    We scrimmaged a few times and then settled into boring drills.
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