scrum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From scrummage, from scrimmage (source: The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scrum (plural scrums)
- A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
- (Canada) A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
- A scrum formed around Scott Brison in the House of Commons lobby shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.
- (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
- (software engineering) 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.
- Hostile shoving between two groups.
- 2021 May 11, Patrick Kingsley; Isabel Kershner, “After Raid on Aqsa Mosque, Rockets From Gaza and Israeli Airstrikes”, in New York Times[1]:
- [A] group of far-right lawmakers tried to mark Jerusalem Day by forcing their way into the street inhabited by the Palestinians listed for eviction. A group of leftist and Arab lawmakers blocked their path, setting off a brief scrum, before at least one far-right lawmaker ... broke through the Arabs' lines."
Translations[edit]
a tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people
(Canada) a tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons
(rugby) all the forwards joined together in an organised way
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See also[edit]
- ruck, maul, scrum-half
- Wikipedia article on Scrum (rugby)
Anagrams[edit]
Aromanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Albanian shkrumb (“ash”).
Noun[edit]
scrum n (plural scrumuri)
Derived terms[edit]
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Origin unknown. Possibly from archaic scrumb; a substratum word, akin to or from Albanian shkrumb. Other theories include Cuman Turkic kurum ("soot") (cf. Hungarian korom). Alternatively, it may simply be from an expressive root[1].
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
scrum n (plural scrumuri)
Declension[edit]
Declension of scrum
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) scrum | scrumul | (niște) scrumuri | scrumurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) scrum | scrumului | (unor) scrumuri | scrumurilor |
vocative | scrumule | scrumurilor |
Derived terms[edit]
- scrumieră
- scrumelniță, (rare)
See also[edit]
- cenușă f
References[edit]
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