a practice session or informal game, as that played between two units of the same team.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), scrimmaged, scrimmaging.
3.
to engage in a scrimmage.
Origin
1425-75;late Middle English, variant of scrimish, metathetic form of skirmish
Related forms
scrimmager, noun
Examples from the web for scrimmage
Skaters will learn basic hockey fundamentals through practice drills, game situations and scrimmage games.
The hockey program is designed to be instructional at the beginner levels with recreational game play at the scrimmage level.
One party could emerge from the scrimmage with a decisive victory.
Instruments tangle along invisible lines of scrimmage.
In geo-football, if you run three plays from scrimmage for no gain, the usual prescription is to punt.
Some quarterbacks move teams beyond the line of scrimmage.
The practice was secret, but there was no scrimmage.
Today, in the team's only scrimmage before preseason games begin, the offense responded.
The team will also compete in three scrimmage swim meets here at the community center.
We will end the camp by putting together all the skills in a scrimmage format.
British Dictionary definitions for scrimmage
scrimmage
/ˈskrɪmɪdʒ/
noun
1.
a rough or disorderly struggle
2.
(American football) the clash of opposing linemen at every down
verb
3.
(intransitive) to engage in a scrimmage
4.
(transitive) to put (the ball) into a scrimmage
Derived Forms
scrimmager, noun
Word Origin
C15: from earlier scrimish, variant of skirmish
Word Origin and History for scrimmage
n.
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."
v.
1825, "quarrel, argue," from scrimmage (n.). Team sports sense is from 1881. Related: Scrimmaged; scrimmaging.