scrimmagenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈskrɪm.ɪdʒ/us/ˈskrɪm.ɪdʒ/UK a short, not very serious fight:
There was a bit of a scrimmage with the reporters waiting outside.
US a practice game of American football, basketball, football, etc.:
They played a scrimmage for fans at the practice field.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- action stations
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- mano a mano
- pick
- shoot
- slug
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scrimmageverb [ I ]
USto play a practice game of American football, basketball, football, etc.:
He scrimmaged with the North Carolina basketball team.
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American football
- American football
- end
- football
- fullback
- gridiron
- huddle
- line of scrimmage
- linebacker
- offence
- pigskin
- punt
- quarter
- quarterback
- rush
- sack
- Super Bowl
- TD
- touchdown
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