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Synonyms for scrimmage
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skrim-ij |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskrɪm ɪdʒ |
Définition of scrimmage
Origin :- sometimes also scrummage, late 15c., alteration of skirmish (n.). Meaning in rugby and U.S. football dates from 1857, originally "a confused struggle between players."
- noun contest
- Outnumbered twenty to one, they began to go down in the scrimmage.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- How will it go with young O'Shea about this scrimmage, will it be serious?'
- Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
- He was ashamed 172 because he had shown the white feather in the scrimmage.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- They had been in a scrimmage with the Chippewas and had their wounded with them and many gory scalps, too.
- Extract from : « Old Rail Fence Corners » by Various
- I must have dropped it, sir, in the scrimmage—it was awful 'ot, sir!
- Extract from : « On the Heels of De Wet » by The Intelligence Officer
- It was the first scrimmage for the third squad fellows and they raced on eagerly.
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- He had been practicing with the "Tigers," and the scrimmage had been most exciting.
- Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
- There was no scrimmage until the first-string men had trotted off the field.
- Extract from : « Left End Edwards » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- But by this time the scrimmage had been seen at a distance, and there was a rally to the spot.
- Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
- The scrimmage was quickly over, and when the captain returned I got a report from him.
- Extract from : « The Cryptogram » by William Murray Graydon
Antonyms for scrimmage
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