scrimmage

Meanings

Plural: scrimmages

Noun

• (American football) practice play between a football team's squads
• a noisy riotous fight
• A rough fight.
• In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.
• 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.

Verb

• practice playing (a sport)
• To have, or be involved in, a scrimmage.

Synonyms

battle royal, melee