"scrimmage" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/ [UK], /ˈskɹɪməd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrimmage.wav Forms: scrimmages [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪd͡ʒ Etymology: A corruption of skirmish. Head templates: {{en-noun}} scrimmage (plural scrimmages)
  1. A rough fight. Translations (rough fight): боричкане (boričkane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), schermutseling (Dutch), tappelu (Finnish), nujakka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-scrimmage-en-noun-MgChqF59 Disambiguation of 'rough fight': 100 0 0
  2. (US, athletics, soccer) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record. Tags: US Categories (topical): Athletics, Football (soccer)
    Sense id: en-scrimmage-en-noun-RdRWuOpk Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 61 37 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 1 62 34 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 63 33 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 2 57 37 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 3 50 38 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 58 34 5 Topics: athletics, ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
  3. (athletics, American football) In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage. Categories (topical): Athletics, Football (American) Translations (play that begins with a snap): меле (mele) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-scrimmage-en-noun-wg1hKwH4 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 41 52 5 Topics: American-football, athletics, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'play that begins with a snap': 0 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: offensive line of scrimmage

Verb

IPA: /ˈskɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/ [UK], /ˈskɹɪməd͡ʒ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scrimmage.wav Forms: scrimmages [present, singular, third-person], scrimmaging [participle, present], scrimmaged [participle, past], scrimmaged [past]
Rhymes: -ɪmɪd͡ʒ Etymology: A corruption of skirmish. Head templates: {{en-verb}} scrimmage (third-person singular simple present scrimmages, present participle scrimmaging, simple past and past participle scrimmaged)
  1. To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
    Sense id: en-scrimmage-en-verb-Kch58bRJ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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