What does scrimmage mean?

Definitions for scrimmage
ˈskrɪm ɪdʒscrim·mage

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. scrimmagenoun

    (American football) practice play between a football team's squads

  2. melee, scrimmage, battle royalverb

    a noisy riotous fight

  3. scrimmageverb

    practice playing (a sport)

Wiktionary

  1. scrimmagenoun

    A rough fight.

  2. scrimmagenoun

    In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.

  3. scrimmagenoun

    In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.

  4. scrimmageverb

    To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.

    We scrimmaged a few times and then settled into boring drills.

  5. Etymology: A corruption of skirmish.

ChatGPT

  1. scrimmage

    A scrimmage is a practice game or informal match held between players of the same team to prepare for a sports competition. It simulates the real game, allowing participants to practice strategies and plays, hone their skills, or warm-up ahead of the official contest. The term is commonly used in American and Canadian football, basketball, and other team sports.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Scrimmagenoun

    formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle

  2. Scrimmagenoun

    the struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play

  3. Etymology: [A corruption of skirmish. Sore scrymmishe. Ld. Berners.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Scrimmage

    skrim′āj, n. a skirmish: a general fight: a tussle. [Prob. a corr. of skirmish.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrimmage in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of scrimmage in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of scrimmage in a Sentence

  1. Andy Lyons/Getty Images:

    It really starts with me getting the play in quickly so Joe’s got time to discuss in the huddle and make the adjustments at the line of scrimmage that we need, we’ve played in really loud environments before. I know this will be a different situation, and with that brings a different ramp-up of crowd noise. We’ve been in the stadium. We’ve used our stadium speakers. I think it’s been really effective and allowed us to get good quality work and stress our communication so that we’ll be ready on Sunday.

  2. Jayden Daniels:

    They’re one of the top-ranked defenses in the nation for a reason, they’re very disciplined. We knew coming into the game that the game would be won at the line of scrimmage. I feel like we could have done a little bit better job run blocking, getting the run going.

  3. Blake Anderson:

    It was a checked play by him at the line of scrimmage based off the look that he saw. That is probably the first time he’s checked, physically check to that particular play, and it came at the most critical time for us.

  4. Kent Johnson:

    When we were playing a little scrimmage, I was like,' Wow, this is really fun hockey to play,'.

  5. Shane Beamer:

    He made some changes at the line of scrimmage, saw some 1-on-1 coverage and being able to take advantage of it. The thing with him, he’s just so poised and confident, calm, poised and cool at all times. He has everything under control. He continues to get better. The fact of the matter is he was a graduate assistant less than a month ago, and he has started and won two college football games.

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