scrum

See also Scrum

English

A rugby union scrum

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌm

Etymology

From "scrummage", from "scrimmage" (The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language)

Noun

scrum (plural scrums)

1. A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.

   A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.

2. (Canada) Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings.

   A scrum formed around Scott Brison shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.

3. ​ (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.

Translations

a tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people

• Danish: klynge
• Finnish: tungos (fi)

• Japanese: スクラム (ja) (sukuramu)
• Swedish: klunga (sv)

(Canadascrum) a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons

• Japanese: 報道陣 (ja) (hōdōjin)

(rugbyscrum) all the forwards joined together in an organised way

• Czech: mlýn (cs) m
• Danish: klynge (da)
• Finnish: aloitus (fi)
• French: mêlée (fr) f

• Japanese: スクラム (ja) (sukuramu)
• Polish: młyn (pl) m
• Romanian: meleu (ro) n

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• French: mêlée f
• Italian: mischia f

See also

• ruck, maul, scrum-half
• Wikipedia article on Scrum (rugby)

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Romanian

Etymology

Origin unknown. Possibly from archaic scrumb; a substratum word, akin to Albanian shkrumb.

Noun

scrum

1. ash
2. slag

Related terms

• scrumieră
• scrumelniță, (rare)

See also

• cenușă f