SCRUM

noun Etymology: short for ~mage, alteration of scrimmage Date: 1857 1. a rugby play in which the forwards of each side come together in a tight formation and struggle to gain possession of the ball using their feet when it is tossed in among them, a usually brief and disorderly struggle or fight ; scrape , scuffle , 2. madhouse 2, a usually tightly packed or disorderly crowd ; throng , ~mage intransitive verb