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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scrimmage \Scrim"mage\ (?; 48), noun [A corruption of skirmish. ''Sore scrymmishe.'' --Ld. Berners.] [Written also {scrummage}.]
1. Formerly, a skirmish; now, a general row or confused fight or struggle.
2. (Football) The struggle in the rush lines after the ball is put in play.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
scrimmage
noun
1: (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
2: a noisy riotous fight [syn: {melee}, {battle royal}]
verb: practice playing (a sport)
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "scrimmage": action, aerial combat, affray, armored combat, battle, battle royal, brawl, broil, brouhaha, brush, bullfight, clash, clash of arms, cockfight, combat, conflict, disturbance, dogfight, donnybrook, donnybrook fair, embroilment, exchange of blows, fight, fire fight, fracas, fray, free-for-all, ground combat, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, house-to-house combat, knock-down-and-drag-out, melee, naval combat, passage of arms, pitched battle, quarrel, riot, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble, rumpus, running fight, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set-to, shoving match, skirmish, stand-up fight, street fight, struggle, tauromachy, tug-of-war, tussle
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