1
a
or scrummage
: 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
also
: the arrangement of players in a scrum
2
a
British
: madhouse sense 2
b
: a usually tightly packed or disorderly crowd : throng
scrummage
intransitive verb
Examples of scrum in a Sentence
I had to fight my way through the scrum of holiday shoppers at the mall.
when the server spilled a drink on a customer, they got into a bit of a scrum before being separated
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The dung heap is being dismantled by a scrum of hermit crabs.
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Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
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—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Image But as print magazines were supplanted as tastemakers by a chaotic online scrum, celebrity became more subjective.
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Less than a minute into the ensuing power play, the Ducks racked up 14 penalty minutes during a scrum near the boards.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
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Kevin Gepford, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
The bus would then dump its passengers at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, where a fresh scrum of Eighth Avenue muggers and drug addicts was lying in wait.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
Image But as print magazines were supplanted as tastemakers by a chaotic online scrum, celebrity became more subjective.
—Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Less than a minute into the ensuing power play, the Ducks racked up 14 penalty minutes during a scrum near the boards.
—Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Scrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrum. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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