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Scrummage Moderate

Origin: French suffix -age

Scrummage has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

(rugby) the method of beginning play in which the forwards of each team crouch side by side with locked arms; play starts when the ball is thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession

2

An ordered formation of forwards, typically bending down, binding to one another with their arms, and pushing opponents shoulder to shoulder, in which each side aims to gain control of the ball; a scrum.

Verb
1

To engage in an ordered formation of forwards in which each side aims to gain control of the ball, as described above.

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Rhyming Words
age sage tage rage wage aage mage yage lage cage gage page nage kage swage adage plage brage phage stage
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