scrum

scrum

noun \ˈskrəm\

Definition of SCRUM

1

a or scrum·mage \ˈskrə-mij\ : a rugby play in which the forwards of each side come together in a tight formation and struggle to gain possession of the ball using their feet when it is tossed in among them; also : the arrangement of players in a scrum

b : a usually brief and disorderly struggle or fight : scrape, scuffle

2

a British : madhouse 2

b : a usually tightly packed or disorderly crowd : throng

— scrummage intransitive verb

Examples of SCRUM

1. <I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall.>
2. <when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated>

Origin of SCRUM

short for scrummage, alteration of scrimmage

First Known Use: 1857

Related to SCRUM

Synonyms

army, bike [chiefly Scottish], cram, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, legion, mass, mob, multitude, press, rout, crowd, swarm, throng

Related Words

masses, millions, rabble, rabblement, riffraff; gaggle; heap, mountain, pile; jam, logjam

Near Antonyms

truce

Other Field and Goal Sports Terms

crease, lateral, lax, overthrow, playbook, post, screen, secondary, ultimate

Rhymes with SCRUM

bum, chum, come, crumb, cum, drum, dumb, from, glum, gum, hum, lum, mum, numb, plum, plumb, rum, scum, slum, some, strum, sum, them, thrum, thumb