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scrimmages

scrimmages is the plural of scrimmage.

scrimmages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrimmage.

Meaning of scrimmage

Noun

scrimmage (plural scrimmages)

  1. A rough fight.
    • get caught up in a scrimmage
  2. (US) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
    • Merchandise sales surged. The spring scrimmage, usually a yawn of an afterthought at Colorado, was packed.2024 October 4, John Branch, “What Does College Football Have to Do With College?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
  3. In American football or Canadian football, a play that begins with a snap from the center while opposing teams are on either side of a line of scrimmage.

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Questions about scrimmages

What is scrimmages the plural of?
Scrimmages is the plural of scrimmage.

Words near scrimmages in the dictionary

  1. Scrimgeour
  2. scrimmage
  3. scrimmaged
  4. scrimmager
  5. scrimmagers
  6. scrimmages
  7. scrimmaging
  8. scrimmagings
  9. scrimmed
  10. scrimming
  11. scrimp

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