Complete Definition of "scrimmage"

English

Etymology
a corruption of skirmish

Noun
scrimmage

#a rough fight
#in some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
#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.

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Revision and Credits for"scrimmage"
  • 2007-11-15 02:52 - Tohru - Reverted edits by [[Special:Contributions/99.230.143.107|99.230.143.107]] ([[User_talk:99.230.143.107|Talk]]); changed back to last version by [[User:RobotGMwikt|RobotGMwikt]]

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