Origin: French suffix -age
Scrimmage has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:
(American football) practice play between a football team's squads
a noisy riotous fight
A rough fight.
practice playing (a sport)
To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.
Scrimmage is a corrupted form of the word skirmish. It originally referred to a small, informal fight or struggle.