Definitions for scrimmage

scrimmage scrim·mage

Spelling: [skrim-ij]
IPA: /ˈskrɪm ɪdʒ/

Scrimmage is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 518 anagrams from letters in scrimmage (acegimmrs).

Definitions for scrimmage

noun

  1. a rough or vigorous struggle.
  2. Football. the action that takes place between the teams from the moment the ball is snapped until it is declared dead. Compare line of scrimmage. a practice session or informal game, as that played between two units of the same team.

verb (used with or without object)

  1. to engage in a scrimmage.

Origin of scrimmage

1425-75; late Middle English, variant of scrimish, metathetic form of skirmish

Examples for scrimmage

They had been in a scrimmage with the Chippewas and had their wounded with them and many gory scalps, too.

Outnumbered twenty to one, they began to go down in the scrimmage.

It was the first scrimmage for the third squad fellows and they raced on eagerly.

The real line of scrimmage in American politics is the economy.

How will it go with young O'Shea about this scrimmage, will it be serious?'

One of them, Troy Jones, a 19-year-old aspiring photojournalist, remembered Brown from the scrimmage line.

He was ashamed 172 because he had shown the white feather in the scrimmage.

“He was mentoring a younger guy in the scrimmage about technique you should use,” he said.

I must have dropped it, sir, in the scrimmage—it was awful 'ot, sir!

After the scrimmage, Bustin said Lloyd was “in good spirits and everything seemed to be fine … A lot of the guys go out,” he said.

Word Value for scrimmage
Scrable

0

Words with friends

20

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