- a rugby play in which three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them: the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines and players attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
- a project management method often used inagile development, centering around a small team with a schedule of short, fixed-length work cycles, each of which is used to complete some chunk of a complex or ongoing project.
- a place or situation of confusion and racket; hubbub.
- a chaotic, rushed attempt by multiple reporters to question one or more politicians, celebrities, etc.: The minister always left meetings through a back door to avoid the daily scrum.
- to engage in a scrum.
- the act or method of restarting play after an infringement when the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team. A scrum is usually called by the referee (set scrum) but may be formed spontaneously (loose scrum)
- a disorderly struggle
- to form a scrum
