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 →

2) (informal) A crowd of people pushing to get somewhere or something. tree →

3) (work, computing) Scrum is a way teams of programmers plan work in short bursts called sprints. tree →

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 →
• The ball was fed into the scrum and our side won it. tree →
• There was a scrum at the canteen door when the bell went. tree →
• Photographers formed a scrum around the famous singer. tree →
• The scrum-half passed the ball out quickly. tree →
• In Scrum, the software team meets for a few minutes every day. tree →

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.
• Scrum caps and helmets protect against cuts and some bumps but do not prevent concussion.
• Scrum caps and helmets help with cuts and bumps but cannot stop concussion.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scrum» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.