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scrum
(skrŭm)n.
1. Sports
a. A play in Rugby in which the two sets of forwards mass together around the ball and, with their heads down, struggle to gain possession of the ball.
b. The mass or formation of players during such a play.
2. Chiefly British A disordered or confused situation involving a number of people.
intr.v. scrummed, scrum·ming, scrums
To engage in a scrum.
[Short for scrummage.]
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scrum
(skrʌm)n
1. (Rugby) rugby the act or method of restarting play after an infringement when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team. A scrum is usually called by the referee (set scrum) but may be formed spontaneously (loose scrum)
2. informal a disorderly struggle
vb, scrums, scrumming or scrummed
(Rugby) rugby (usually foll by: down) to form a scrum
[C19: shortened from scrummage]
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scrum
(skrʌm)n., v. scrummed, scrum•ming. n.
1. a rugby formation in which opposing forwards huddle and struggle for possession of the ball.
2. Brit. a place or situation of confusion and racket; hubbub.
v.i. 3. to engage in a scrum.
[1885–90; short for scrummage]
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Scrum
of rugby players: 1896.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
scrum
Past participle: scrummed
Gerund: scrumming
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scrum
Formation in which the forwards link themselves together tightly, lower their heads, and push against the opposing pack. The non-offending side tosses the ball into the tunnel between the packs and the respective hookers try to heel it back to a teammate.
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| Noun | 1. |  scrum - (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 possessioncommencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" |
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scrum
noun crowd, group, mob, lot, body, host, band, troop, mass, bunch (informal), number, horde, throng, assemblage She pushed through the scrum of photographers.
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Translations
إشْتِباك لاعِبي الرُّجْبي
mlýn
klynge
aloitustungos
mêléemêlée ordonnée
òvaga
スクラム報道陣
grumtis
cīņa par bumbucīniņš
zápas o loptu
topu ele geçirme uğraşı
scrum
[skrʌm]A. N (Rugby) → melé f
loose scrum → melé f abierta or espontánea
set scrum → melé f cerrada or ordenada
loose scrum → melé f abierta or espontánea
set scrum → melé f cerrada or ordenada
scrum down VI + ADV → formar la melé (cerrada or ordenada)
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scrum
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scrum
(skram) noun in rugby football, a struggle for the ball by the rival forwards hunched tightly round it.
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