scrimmage
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
A corruption of skirmish.
[edit] Noun
scrimmage (plural scrimmages)
- A rough fight.
- 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.
[edit] Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:fight
[edit] Verb
scrimmage (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.
