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Synonyms: Noun
battle, clash, combat, conflict, contest, dustup, fight, fracas, fray, hassle, scrap, scrum, scuffle, skirmish, struggle, tussle
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The first play from scrimmage netted them a touchdown. the two players got into a scrimmage off the court and got suspendedVerb
Last weekend we scrimmaged against Bell High.
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Jacobs became the first player with 100 yards from scrimmage and two touchdowns in his first NFL game since Tomlinson launched his Pro Football Hall of Fame career with that accomplishment in 2001. — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, "Josh Jacobs duplicates Hall of Famer in NFL debut," 10 Sep. 2019 Kupp was a security blanket for Jared Goff, catching a six-yard pass on the Rams’ first play from scrimmage and reeling in six more receptions over the course of the win. — Sam Farmerstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, "Rams’ Cooper Kupp productive in his first game back from a torn ACL," 8 Sep. 2019 Last year’s team went 4-0 without Gordon, and running backs Ekeler and Justin Jackson combined for 215 yards from scrimmage Sunday. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Column: Rivers keeps it simple as Chargers run past Colts in OT," 8 Sep. 2019 Last season, quarterback Feleipe Franks accounted for 31 touchdowns, tailback Lamical Perine totaled 926 yards from scrimmage and five players caught at least three touchdowns. — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, "Preview: No. 8 Florida Gators face Miami Hurricanes," 23 Aug. 2019 As the study notes, 59 percent of injuries were sustained during practice, while 37 percent took place during competition and another 4 percent occurred during scrimmages and various meetings. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "One Concussion-Free Football Season Can Still Damage Players’ Brains," 15 Aug. 2019 Breida showed a lot to the coaching staff last season by amassing 1,080 total yards from scrimmage and five touchdowns despite playing through several injuries. — Adam Ronis, SI.com, "12 Running Backs Who Have Fantasy Value as Handcuffs in 2019," 13 Aug. 2019 Tayquan Calloway had 850 yards from scrimmage and 10 touchdowns last year to lead Holmes, and twin brother, Quantez, takes over at quarterback. — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, "Here are our predictions for week 0's games to watch in Northern Kentucky/Indiana, Aug. 23," 13 Aug. 2019 Ingram totaled 915 yards from scrimmage and seven scores. — Jori Epstein, USA TODAY, "Rookie RB Tony Pollard gets Dak Prescott’s vote as one of Cowboys' 'most exciting' players," 5 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
The Lady Deer won’t scrimmage Clear Falls because the Lady Knights invade the Deer Park north campus for a Wednesday night rematch of the 2018 Area championship. — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, "Lady Deer volleyball travels to Clear Falls Saturday for series of scrimmages," 2 Aug. 2019 Six computers — one for each of the starters, plus an alternate — were lined up in front of a big screen and white board as the squad scrimmaged against Heat Check Gaming, the Miami’s Heat’s 2K team. — Arash Markazi, latimes.com, "They're Lakers. And in a decade, the esports industry hopes they will be as well known as LeBron," 15 July 2019 Next week in practice, some of the younger group will scrimmage, but none of them will be in a playing position. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Aztecs football notebook: FanFest scrimmage will impact who plays in season opener," 15 Aug. 2019 Here's the LA Select Team roster USA Basketball assembled, mostly from the FIBA World Cup qualifiers, currently scrimmaging in LA tonight versus the 15 NBA players vying to make the World Cup Team. — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, "Team USA was blown out by random G League and overseas players in a scrimmage," 14 Aug. 2019 The Spartans are expected to scrimmage again Friday. — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, "Michigan State football offense, Brian Lewerke feel their mojo is back: Here's why," 12 Aug. 2019 Antelope was supposed to scrimmage Heritage, but was able to get Heritage to make that Antelope's Week 1 game. — Richard Obert, azcentral, "Community rallies to help Wellton Antelope get to Alaska for its football season opener," 12 July 2019 Leading up to the World Cup, the U.S. also scrimmaged twice against the Japanese national team, which starred a face soon to be familiar to Cardinals fans: incoming Louisville freshman Norika Konno. — Danielle Lerner, The Courier-Journal, "Morning Coffee: Louisville basketball's Jeff Walz is flipping out — in a good way," 30 July 2019 Exact details concerning individual and team drills and such matters as to how long the players will scrimmage seven-on-seven and 11-on-11 will emerge soon enough. — Bob Mcmanaman, azcentral, "Arizona Cardinals report to camp amid a growing sense of national intrigue and drama," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scrimmage.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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