SCRIMMAGE


Meaning of SCRIMMAGE in English

■ noun

1》 a confused struggle or fight.

2》 American Football 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.

■ verb American Football engage in a ~.

↘put (the ball) into a ~.

Derivatives

~r noun

Origin

ME: alt. of dialect scrimish , var. of skirmish .

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