Scrimmage

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish.
     "Sore scrymmishe." --Ld. Berners.] [Written also
     {scrummage}.]
     1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight
        or struggle.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball
        is put in play.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scrimmage
       n 1: (American football) practice play between a football team's
            squads
       2: a noisy riotous fight [syn: {melee}, {battle royal}]
       v : practice playing (a sport)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "scrimmage":
     action, aerial combat, affray, armored combat, battle,
     battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha, brush, bullfight, clash,
     clash of arms, cockfight, combat, conflict, disturbance, dogfight,
     donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, exchange of blows, fight,
     fire fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, ground combat,
     hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, house-to-house combat,
     knock-down-and-drag-out, melee, naval combat, passage of arms,
     pitched battle, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble,
     rumpus, running fight, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set-to,
     shoving match, skirmish, stand-up fight, street fight, struggle,
     tauromachy, tug-of-war, tussle