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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Sensing further trouble, Zubac rushed over and pulled Gordon out of the scrum as the Nuggets coaches stopped it from escalating.
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Janis Carr, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
That stretch has also seen Williams play a catalytic role in the Yankees changing their decades-old facial hair policy; become a first-time father; talk his way through a few testy postgame scrums; and get off to the worst start of his career.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
Recently, Eagles safety Reed Blankenship addressed the loss of Gardner-Johnson to a scrum of reporters, wishing Gardner-Johnson well while remaining confident in his squad.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Over at Roland Garros, Djokovic has just finished answering questions from a scrum of journalists after his straight-sets win against Misolic to reach the French Open fourth round.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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Janis Carr, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2025
That stretch has also seen Williams play a catalytic role in the Yankees changing their decades-old facial hair policy; become a first-time father; talk his way through a few testy postgame scrums; and get off to the worst start of his career.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 Apr. 2025
Recently, Eagles safety Reed Blankenship addressed the loss of Gardner-Johnson to a scrum of reporters, wishing Gardner-Johnson well while remaining confident in his squad.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025
Over at Roland Garros, Djokovic has just finished answering questions from a scrum of journalists after his straight-sets win against Misolic to reach the French Open fourth round.
—Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 1 June 2025
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“Scrum.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrum. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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