Webster's English Dictionary

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scrimmage

1. scrim.mage \'skrim-ij\ n [alter. of 1skirmish] 1a: a minor battle : 
   SKIRMISH  1b: a confused fight : SCUFFLE  2a: SCRUMMAGE  2b: the interplay 
   between two football teams that begins with the snap of t he ball and 
   continues until the ball is dead 2c: practice play between a team's squads 
   (as in football)  2d: the first line of scrimmage formed after kickoff in 
   football 
2. scrimmage vi : to take part in a scrimmage  - scrim.mag.er n