scrum
See also: Scrum
English
Etymology
From scrummage, from scrimmage (source: The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language).
Pronunciation
Noun
scrum (plural scrums)
- A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
- (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.
- (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
- (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.
Translations
a tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people
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(Canada) a tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons
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(rugby) all the forwards joined together in an organised way
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See also
- ruck, maul, scrum-half
- Wikipedia article on Scrum (rugby)
Anagrams
Aromanian
Etymology
From Albanian shkrumb (“ash”).
Noun
scrum n (plural scrumuri)
Derived terms
Romanian
Etymology
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
Noun
scrum n (plural scrumuri)
Declension
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
- scrumieră
- scrumelniță, (rare)
See also
- cenușă f
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