scrum

See also: Scrum

English

A rugby union scrum

Etymology

From scrummage, from scrimmage (source: The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɹʌm/
• Rhymes: -ʌm

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.

4. (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
5. In Agile software development, a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

Translations

a tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people

• Czech: dav (cs) m, skrumáž f, nával (cs) m
• Danish: klynge (da)
• Finnish: tungos (fi)
• German: Gedränge (de) n, Rummelei f, Getümmel (de) n
• Italian: ressa (it) f, calca (it) f

• Japanese: スクラム (sukuramu)
• Polish: tłum (pl) m, ścisk (pl) m
• Russian: скопище (ru) n (skopišče), столпотворение (ru) n (stolpotvorenije)
• Swedish: klunga (sv)

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

• Japanese: 報道陣 (ja) (hōdōjin)

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

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

• Italian: mischia chiusa f
• Japanese: スクラム (sukuramu)
• Maori: kakari, kirimiti
• Polish: młyn (pl) m
• Romanian: meleu (ro) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} mêlée (fr) f

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} mischia (it) f

See also

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

Anagrams

• Crums, crums

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

scrum n (plural scrumuri)

1. ash
2. slag

Related terms

• scrumieră
• scrumelniță, (rare)

See also

• cenușă f