scrimmage
a fight or confrontation
TRANSLATION
scrimmage = das Gerangel, der Streit, der Kampf scrimmage (sports) = das Trainingsspiel --- GOOGLE INDEX scrimmage: approximately 12,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Let's hope the needless SCRIMMAGE between the competing Blu-Ray and HD-DVD high-def disc formats gets settled as quickly as Sony has managed to bring hi-def recording to the realm of affordability.
(Forbes magazine)
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In the SCRIMMAGING over taxes, Murphy said he opposed House Speaker John Boehner's sole focus on eliminating deductions and tax preferences as the way to raise more revenue.
(NBC News)
(Forbes magazine)
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In the SCRIMMAGING over taxes, Murphy said he opposed House Speaker John Boehner's sole focus on eliminating deductions and tax preferences as the way to raise more revenue.
(NBC News)
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scrimmage
noun & verb
- a confused struggle or fight
- (sport) a session in which teams practise by playing a simulated game.
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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To the uninitiated, American football (and rugby for that matter) at first glance seems like mere chaos. There is some truth to this observation. In fact, in the mid-19th century when scrimmage was first applied to American and rugby football, it was used in the sense of "a confused struggle between players." One could argue that both games have evolved to a sort of controlled chaos that can be understood only by those who know the rules.
Scrimmage is a chiefly American expression that refers to a confrontation or battle, either literally or figuratively. The expression is mainly used in the world of sports however. It describes a practice session in which a team's players face off against each to simulate a real game. While it mainly applies to American football, scrimmage also describes simulated or practice games in basketball and other team sports.
Another related expression is the "line of scrimmage," which refers to an imaginary line at which the opposing football teams line up against each other before each play begins.
The term scrimmage is from the late 16th century and is an alteration of "skirmish" (a minor battle in war). Skirmish evolved from the Old French "escarmouche" (to fence) and the Italian "scaramuccia," which literally means a "small and fast battle."
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SYNONYMS
battle, clash, confrontation, contest, fight, rift, row, scrabble, scuffle, skirmish, tussle
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"There will be a lot of scrimmaging over where to cut costs within the company."
noun & verb
- a confused struggle or fight
- (sport) a session in which teams practise by playing a simulated game.
(Oxford English Dictionaries)
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To the uninitiated, American football (and rugby for that matter) at first glance seems like mere chaos. There is some truth to this observation. In fact, in the mid-19th century when scrimmage was first applied to American and rugby football, it was used in the sense of "a confused struggle between players." One could argue that both games have evolved to a sort of controlled chaos that can be understood only by those who know the rules.
Scrimmage is a chiefly American expression that refers to a confrontation or battle, either literally or figuratively. The expression is mainly used in the world of sports however. It describes a practice session in which a team's players face off against each to simulate a real game. While it mainly applies to American football, scrimmage also describes simulated or practice games in basketball and other team sports.
Another related expression is the "line of scrimmage," which refers to an imaginary line at which the opposing football teams line up against each other before each play begins.
The term scrimmage is from the late 16th century and is an alteration of "skirmish" (a minor battle in war). Skirmish evolved from the Old French "escarmouche" (to fence) and the Italian "scaramuccia," which literally means a "small and fast battle."
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SYNONYMS
battle, clash, confrontation, contest, fight, rift, row, scrabble, scuffle, skirmish, tussle
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"There will be a lot of scrimmaging over where to cut costs within the company."
