scrum

Plural: scrums

Noun

• (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
• A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
• A tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
• In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
• In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
• Hostile shoving between two groups.

Verb

Verb Forms: scrummed, scrumming, scrums

• To engage in a scrummage, especially in rugby.
• To form a scrum.

Name

• Alternative letter-case form of Scrum.

Examples

• A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
• A scrum formed around Scott Brison in the House of Commons lobby shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.
• The two Scrabble players would SCRUM over the dictionary, debating a challenged word.

Synonyms

scrummage, scrumdown

Related Words

maul, ruck

Anagrams of scrum