| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | scrim·mage |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  skr m j |
| NOUN: | 1. Football The contest between two teams from the time the ball is snapped until it is declared dead. 2. Sports A practice session or informal game, as between two units of the same team. 3a. A rough-and-tumble struggle; a tussle. b. A skirmish. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: scrim·maged, scrim·mag·ing, scrim·mag·es
Sports To engage in a scrimmage. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, alteration of skirmisshe, scrimish. See skirmish.
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