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SCRIMMAGE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
battle royal; melee; scrimmage
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("scrimmage" is a kind of...):
disturbance (the act of disturbing something or someone; setting something in motion)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(American football) practice play between a football team's squads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("scrimmage" is a kind of...):
drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation (systematic training by multiple repetitions)
Domain category:
American football; American football game (a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays)
Derivation:
scrimmage (practice playing (a sport))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they scrimmage ... he / she / it scrimmages
Past simple: scrimmaged
-ing form: scrimmaging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "scrimmage" is one way to...):
practice; practise; rehearse (engage in a rehearsal (of))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
scrimmage ((American football) practice play between a football team's squads)