scrimmage
noun
[ ˈskrɪmɪdʒ ]
• a confused struggle or fight.
• "there was a considerable scrimmage, with people anxious to obtain cabs"
Similar:
fight,
battle,
struggle,
tussle,
brawl,
fracas,
rumpus,
melee,
free-for-all,
rough and tumble,
donnybrook,
affray,
scrap,
dust-up,
punch-up,
set-to,
shindy,
scrum,
afters,
roughhouse,
• a sequence of play beginning with the placing of the ball on the ground with its longest axis at right angles to the goal line.
• "Michigan was called for pass interference in the first play from scrimmage"
scrimmage
verb
• engage in a scrimmage.
• "I recommended that we be able to scrimmage against other schools during the spring"
Origin:
late Middle English: alteration of dialect scrimish, variant of the noun skirmish.
