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Scrimmage - What does it mean?

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scrimmage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A rough fight.
  • * 1919 ,
  • *: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.
  • (label) 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.

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    Verb

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

    Not English

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