Scrum

What do we mean by scrum?

A play in Rugby in which the two sets of forwards mass together around the ball and, with their heads down, struggle to gain possession of the ball. noun

The mass or formation of players during such a play. noun

A disordered or confused situation involving a number of people. noun

To engage in a scrum. intransitive verb

A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people. noun

Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings. noun

​ (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage. 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 noun

A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.

Specifically used in the Canadian media to describe a tightly-packed group of reporters surrounding a member of the Canadian House of Commons while in the Parliament Buildings.

In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.

In Agile software development, a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.

When the food is absolutely, undeniably busting abbr. from scrumdiddlyumptious Urban Dictionary

A group of penguins OR an offense manouver in Rugby OR a certain set of computer software tools Urban Dictionary

The wrinkled skin of a ballsack Urban Dictionary

N. Central activity in Rugby football. Sixteen overweight men or women push into each other while holding one anothers shirt tails. Face-kicking, ear-biting and scrotum-butting are allowed, but, oddly, foot-lifting is severely punished. A call of "not in straight" results in a penalty kick instead of knowing sniggers while a call of "push over try" results in jubilation and moist scrum down. Urban Dictionary

A derogatory name that combines a scrub and a bum, or scrot and scum, or any combination there in; orginitied in a SF Safeway. Urban Dictionary

1. The XP term for a daily gathering of engineers to discuss the days work. 2. The stimulating drink made as a shot from a rung out sponge that has previously been insterted into ones rectum. Urban Dictionary

Word used when referring someone that is the worst of the worst or lowest of the low. Can be seen as the human version of a crumb, basically useless. Word is used most oftenly when referring to someone who cannot aim straight or kill anything at all in online video games, such as Modern Warefare 2. Urban Dictionary

A noun used to describe a person who scrapes every last crumb off of a plate. Also describes a person who eats other people’s leftovers. Scrum = crumb scraper, or scraper of crumbs Urban Dictionary

Lint that collects on the taint or bonch due usually to flannel boxers. Urban Dictionary

Food, yum, a delicious taste that fills the mouth (especially after smoking a blunt.) Please Note: One is permitted to add any rhyming word or made up word succeeding 'scrum' to add emphasis. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to scrum:
scrum, scrub, serum, scum, scrim, strum, sacrum, scram, crum, shrum, sarum, scarum, sorum, schrum, scru, schum, scrm.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word scrum:
kanban, pushover, maul, ruck, backlog, agile, flanker, forwards, offside, halves, props, hooker, prop, ball, sprint, infringement, kick, half, kicked, referee, bind, foul, backs, sevens, restart, kicking, loose, rugby, wigan, methodology, winger, halfback, penalty, rows, try, fullback, tackle, opposing, possession, feed, push, danube, empirical, org, capped, framework, breakdown, leicester, munster, cap, forward, attacking, pushing, lions, row, product, fed, canterbury, scorer, espn, tries, metres, caps, software, touch, pack, lock, newport, feeding, super, wales, welsh, bradford, tigers, binding, fly, cardiff, bench, danny, master, players, leeds, opposition, bound, todd, awarded, defence, tool, ken, play, alliance, newcastle, coaching, fixed, traditionally, injury, scored, involves, goal, andy.

Words that rhyme with scrum:
become, come, from, overcome, gum, income, plum, sum, some, cum, plumb, thumb, drum, succumb, outcome, bum, dumb, alum, hum, them, numb, mum, rum, scum, thrum, scrim, crumb, slum, glum, um, chum, strum, humdrum, lum, exum, maam, dum, yum, stum, rule of thumb, clum, dumm, gmbh, swum, rhumb, humm, umm, frum, abstain from, blue gum, crum, grum, shrum, refrain from, lumb, net income, disposable income, snare drum, mumm, how come, brum, keep from, stumm, spirit gum, green thumb, chewing gum, pond scum, shy away from, brake drum, tom thumb, bubble gum, red gum, desist from, shum, steel drum, bass drum, bay rum, side drum, goodrum, thum, allegheny plum, shrink from, unearned income, damson plum, black gum, japanese plum, sweet gum, cherry plum, escape from, hog plum, tidy sum, bongo drum, keep mum, per capita income, brumm, date plum, beach plum, jamaica rum, stay away from, alleghany plum.

Adjectives that are often used to describe scrum:
human, normal, immune, blood, loose, first, fresh, whole, daily, fetal, tight, clear, bloody, antitoxic, convalescent, huge, collapsed, maternal, specific, anti, pig, usual, man, yard, turbid, pooled, antilymphocyte, undiluted, giant, homologous, syphilitic, wild, fine, massive, muddy, inactivated, reddish, artificial, rugger, newborn, elevated, undignified, hot, bovine, like, gigantic, chaotic, antistreptococcic, antipneumococcic, fierce, transparent, unpredictable, foetal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective scrum:
half, halves, albumin, cap, pox, meetings, globulin, therapy.

Consonant match to scrum:
scream, scrim, scram.

Words that sound like scrum:
scrum, scrim, skrim, scream, scram, screen, scum, serum, sacrum, scrummy, scran, skum, scrump, scra, scarum, scrums, sarum, skreen, scrine, scom, scumm, sorum, saram, seram, sgram, skim, scrimp, schem, skem, scem, scrims, scrimy, skrimp, scrimer, scheme, screams, screw, siren, screamed, scam, icecream, strum, scurry, screamer, ice cream, scree, ice-cream, screwy, scrunch, screamo, seren, soren, scry, scray, siron, saccharin, syren, skeme, suren, scourage, scrams, skun, sken, saron, seran, seagram, skien, scrammed, scame, syron, scrow, squam, screamy, scru, ski run, scraw, skon, i scream, scro, ceram, sgro, skurry, ciren, skreigh, surin, scramp, sickroom, screy, scri, seron, scrie, skirret, screw eye, askren, sea room, scrn, scomm, scurrile, skowron, acron.