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# scrum

«scrum» in Mova's school dictionary: **In rugby, a way of restarting play in which players from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#m3)

### sense 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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x3)
- Photographers formed a scrum around the famous singer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/#x4)
- The scrum-half passed the ball out quickly. [tree →](https://md.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://md.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).

### In the corpora

- [In rugby the ball may only be passed sideways or backwards; a forward pass gives the other team a scrum.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/45-cricket-and-rugby-baseball-and-american-football/12/)
- [Scrum caps and helmets protect against cuts and some bumps but do not prevent concussion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/47-a-knock-to-the-head-in-sport-if-in-doubt-sit-them-out/18/)
- [Scrum caps and helmets help with cuts and bumps but cannot stop concussion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/77-olympiad-odd-one-out-order-and-tall-tales/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scrum» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scrum/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.