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scrum
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun scrum has 1 sense
- scrum(n = noun.act) scrummage - (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession; Array is a kind of beginning, commencement, start
OXFORD DICTIONARY
scrum, n.
1 Rugby Football an arrangement of the forwards of each team in two opposing groups, each with arms interlocked and heads down, with the ball thrown in between them to restart play.
2 colloq. a milling crowd.
1 Rugby Football an arrangement of the forwards of each team in two opposing groups, each with arms interlocked and heads down, with the ball thrown in between them to restart play.
2 colloq. a milling crowd.
Idiom
scrum-half a half-back who puts the ball into the scrum.
Etymology
abbr. of SCRUMMAGE
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