'Scrimmage' definitions:
Definition of 'scrimmage'
From: WordNet
noun
(American football) practice play between a football team's squads
noun
A noisy riotous fight [syn: melee, scrimmage, battle royal]
verb
Practice playing (a sport)
Definition of 'Scrimmage'
From: GCIDE
- Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), n. [A corruption of skirmish. "Sore scrymmishe." --Ld. Berners.] [Written also scrummage.]
- 1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scrimmage'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- aerial combat,
- affray,
- armored combat,
- battle,
- battle royal,
- brawl,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- brush,
- bullfight,
- clash,
- clash of arms,
- cockfight,
- combat,
- conflict,
- disturbance,
- dogfight,
- donnybrook,
- donnybrook fair,
- embroilment,
- exchange of blows,
- fight,
- fire fight,
- fracas,
- fray,
- free-for-all,
- ground combat,
- hand-to-hand combat,
- hand-to-hand fight,
- house-to-house combat,
- knock-down-and-drag-out,
- melee,
- naval combat,
- passage of arms,
- pitched battle,
- quarrel,
- riot,
- row,
- ruckus,
- ruction,
- rumble,
- rumpus,
- running fight,
- scramble,
- scrap,
- scuffle,
- set-to,
- shoving match,
- skirmish,
- stand-up fight,
- street fight,
- struggle,
- tauromachy,
- tug-of-war,
- tussle