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
Example sentences :
  • 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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