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skrimmage

skrimmage is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of skrimmage

Noun
pluralskrimmages
Verb
third-person singular presentskrimmages
present participleskrimmaging
past participleskrimmaged
pastskrimmaged

Questions about skrimmage

What is skrimmage the alternative spelling of?
Skrimmage is the alternative spelling of scrimmage.

Words near skrimmage in the dictionary

  1. skriking
  2. skriks
  3. skrill
  4. skrilla
  5. skrim
  6. skrimmage
  7. skrimmaged
  8. skrimmager
  9. skrimmagers
  10. skrimmages
  11. skrimmaging

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