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# scrum

noun (a scrum, scrums); verb (scrum, scrums, scrummed, scrumming)

«scrum» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In rugby, a way of restarting play in which players from each team pack together with arms linked, push against each other and try to win the ball with their feet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#m1)
2. (informal) A crowd of people pushing to get somewhere or something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#m2)
3. (work, computing) Scrum is a way teams of programmers plan work in short bursts called sprints. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#m3)

### In the lessons

In sport, scrum is a key rugby word, popular in New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, the UK and South Africa. In everyday talk, a scrum is the crush at the school gate or a sale. Phrases: scrum-half, a media scrum, scrum down.

### Examples

- The two rugby teams packed down for a scrum. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x1)
- The ball was fed into the scrum and our side won it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x2)
- There was a scrum at the canteen door when the bell went. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x3)
- Photographers formed a scrum around the famous singer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x4)
- The scrum-half passed the ball out quickly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x5)
- In Scrum, the software team meets for a few minutes every day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Short for scrummage. In rugby league and rugby union the scrum has different numbers of players (6 or 8 per side).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «scrum» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«scrum» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/scrum.html) on Mova free.