scrum
/skɹʌm/
scrum noun: a tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people. Also the alternative letter-case form of Scrum.
Noun
scrum (plural scrums)
- A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
- 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.
- In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
- 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.
- 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...2021 May 11, Patrick Kingsley, Isabel Kershner, “After Raid on Aqsa Mosque, Rockets From Gaza and Israeli Airstrikes”, in New York Times
Verb
scrum (third-person singular simple present scrums, present participle scrumming, simple past and past participle scrummed)
- To form a scrum.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: SCRUM
SCRUM
- Alternative letter-case form of Scrum.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Scrum
Scrum
- An iterative and incremental agile software development method for managing software projects and product or application development.
Also used as
scrum is also the alternative letter-case form of Scrum.
scrum meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
scrum in Hindi
- स्क्रम, स्क्राम
scrum in Tamil
- ஸ்க்ரம், ஸ்கிரம், ஸ்க்ரம் செய்ய
scrum in Marathi
- स्क्रम, स्क्रम करण्यासाठी, स्क्राम करण्यासाठी
scrum in Urdu
- اسکرم, سکرم
More languagesFewer languages
- scrum in Bengali
- স্ক্রাম, স্ক্রাম করতে, স্ক্রাম করার জন্য
- scrum in Telugu
- స్క్రమ్, స్క్రం, స్క్రమ్ చేయడానికి
- scrum in Malayalam
- സ്ക്രം, സ്ക്രം ചെയ്യാൻ
- scrum in Kannada
- ಸ್ಕ್ರಮ್, ಸ್ಕ್ರಾಂ, ಸ್ಕ್ರಂ
- scrum in Punjabi
- ਸਕ੍ਰਮ, ਸਕਰਮ, ਸਕ੍ਰਾਮ
- scrum in Gujarati
- સ્ક્રમ, સ્ક્રામ, સ્ક્રમ કરવા માટે
- scrum in Odia
- ସ୍କ୍ରାମ, ସ୍କ୍ରମ୍, ସ୍କ୍ରମ
- scrum in Nepali
- स्क्रम, स्क्राम, स्क्रम गर्न
Examples of scrum in a sentence
- The scrum is a distinctive element of rugby.
- In the scrum he somehow got groined.
- The blindside packs down at the scrum on the blindside.
Synonyms of scrum
Forms of scrum
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | scrums |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | scrums |
| present participle | scrumming |
| past participle | scrummed |
| past | scrummed |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | SCRUM |
| alternative form | scrum |
Origin of scrum
Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage.
Words formed from scrum
Phrases with scrum
Words that rhyme with scrum
Questions about scrum
- What does scrum mean?
- Scrum means a tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- What is scrum in Hindi?
- Scrum in Hindi is स्क्रम, स्क्राम. See Scrum meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is scrum?
- Scrum can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce scrum?
- Scrum is pronounced /skɹʌm/.
- What is the plural of scrum?
- The plural of scrum is scrums.
Words near scrum in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: scrum (page history and authors); SCRUM (page history and authors); Scrum (page history and authors); scrum (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); scrum (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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