scrum
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ʌm
[edit] Etymology
From "scrummage", from "scrimmage" (The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language)
[edit] Noun
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scrum (plural scrums)
- (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
- A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
- (Canadian) 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.
- In software development, SCRUM is an agile, lightweight process that can be used to manage and control software and product development using iterative, incremental practices.
[edit] Translations
all the forwards joined together in an organised way
a tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people
a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons
a software development process
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[edit] See also
- ruck, maul, scrum-half
- Wikipedia article on Scrum (rugby)
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
Substratum word, akin to Albanian shkrumb
[edit] Noun
scrum
