scrum /skrʌm/ BrE AmE noun
[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: scrummage 'scrum' (19-21 centuries) , from scrimmage ]
1 . [countable] a part of a game of ↑ rugby when the players all push together in a circle, with their heads down, and try to get the ball
2 . [singular] British English informal a crowd of people who are all close together and pushing each other to try to get something:
He struggled through the scrum of people to the kitchen.