/skrum/ , n. , v. , scrummed, scrumming .
n.
1. a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side; the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
2. Brit. a place or situation of confusion and racket; hubbub.
v.i.
3. to engage in a scrum.
Also, scrummage (for defs. 1, 3).
[ 1885-90; short for SCRUMMAGE ]