Scrimmage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a rough or vigorous struggle.
  2. Football.
    • the action that takes place between the teams from the moment the ball is snapped until it is declared dead.
    • a practice session or informal game, as that played between two units of the same team.
verb (used with or without object), scrim·maged, scrim·mag·ing.
  1. to engage in a scrimmage.
noun
  1. a rough or disorderly struggle
  2. the clash of opposing linemen at every down
verb
  1. to engage in a scrimmage
  2. to put (the ball) into a scrimmage
Scrimmage (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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