n. & v.
--n.
1. a rough or confused struggle; a brawl.
2 Amer. 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.
--v.
1. intr. engage in a scrimmage.
2 tr. Amer. Football put (the ball) into a scrimmage.
Derivatives:
scrimmager n.
Etymology: var. of SKIRMISH