Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Sports A practice session or informal game, as between two units of the same team.
- noun Play between the two teams from the time the ball is snapped until it is declared dead.
- noun The line of scrimmage.
- noun A rough-and-tumble struggle; a tussle.
- noun A skirmish.
- intransitive verb To engage in a scrimmage.
- intransitive verb To play (another group of players) in a scrimmage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A skirmish; a confused row or contest; a tussle.
- noun Specifically, in foot-ball:
- noun A confused, close struggle round the ball.
- noun The act on the part of the two contesting teams of forming in opposing lines, and putting the ball in play.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
- noun (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A rough
fight . - noun In some team
sports , especiallysoccer , a practice game which does not count on a team's record. - noun In
American football orCanadian football , a play that begins with asnap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage. - verb To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a noisy riotous fight
- noun (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
- verb practice playing (a sport)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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SPRING SNAPSHOT: The Black and Gold scrimmage is scheduled for April 17.
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He broke a handful of long runs in scrimmage situations and showed good blocking ability.
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The Gold-Blue scrimmage is scheduled for April 23 and will be the first one held at night.
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The Blue-White scrimmage is scheduled for April 10 (tentative, because of various health issues).
BYU - Team Notes 2010
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Taylor said the injury affects him most when trying to move sideline-to-sideline but that running "straight downhill" or attacking the line of scrimmage is "not a problem."
LB Bruce Taylor could be limited vs. Georgia Tech Mark Giannotto 2010
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The outcome of the scrimmage is no longer in the slightest doubt, except for one thing: whether or not somone on the starting five will suffer a torn ACL, or dislocate their shoulder, or simply be too banged up and exhausted to compete effectively against Duke.
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But the Colts changed their plan, stacking eight or nine defenders at the line of scrimmage from the start.
By neutralizing RB Johnson, Colts answered their critics 2007
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Brown, who came into the game leading the NFL in yards from scrimmage, is scheduled to undergo an MRI exam Monday.
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His 30.5 sacks broke the old school all-time record of 26.5 by Eric Smith (1984-86, 88) and his 43.5 stops behind the line of scrimmage is topped only by Carnell Lake's 45.5 (1985-88) in UCLA history ...
USATODAY.com 2005
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Winning the battle of the trenches on the line of scrimmage is paramount to sustaining a drive.
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