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   scrimmage

   /ˈskrɪmɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a confused struggle or fight: "there was a considerable scrimmage, with people anxious to obtain cabs"
   • 2. a sequence of play beginning with the placing of the ball on the ground with its longest axis at right angles to the goal line: "Michigan was called for pass interference in the first play from scrimmage"
   • ▪ a session in which teams practise by playing a simulated game.

   verb

   • 1. engage in a scrimmage: "I recommended that we be able to scrimmage against other schools during the spring"
   • ▪ put (the ball) into a scrimmage.

   Word Origin late Middle English: alteration of dialect scrimish, variant of the noun skirmish.

   Derivatives

   • 1. scrimmager noun

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