scrum
A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of peopleA tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
» Tom faced the media scrum.
Meaning
5 sensesA tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
Gedränge, Rummelei, Getümmel
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(Canada)A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
A scrum formed around Scott Brison in the House of Commons lobby shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.
In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
In agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
Hostile shoving between two groups.
- (rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
Examples
2 sentencesTom faced the media scrum.
Scrums are a feature of Rugby football.
Translations
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Origin
Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage.Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage.
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