scrum
verbEtymology Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage.
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Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rugby, Sports To form a scrum.
- Derived terms
- scrum up
scrum
noun/skɹʌm/
Etymology Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage.
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A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
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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.
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Ball games, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Rugby, Sports In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software 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.
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Hostile shoving between two groups.
- [A] group of far-right lawmakers tried to mark Jerusalem Day by forcing their way into the street inhabited by the Palestinians listed for eviction. A group of leftist and Arab lawmakers blocked their path, setting off a brief scrum, before at least one far-right lawmaker ... broke through the Arabs' lines.2021 May 11, Patrick Kingsley, Isabel Kershner, “After Raid on Aqsa Mosque, Rockets From Gaza and Israeli Airstrikes”, in New York Times:
- Derived terms
- loose scrum, scrum cap, scrum feed, scrum-half, scrum machine, scrum poker