scrum

UK: /ˈskrʌm/ US: (skrum)

Inflections of 'scrum' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

scrums

v 3rd person singular

scrumming

v pres p

scrummed

v past

scrummed

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

scrum  (skrum), n., v., scrummed, scrum•ming. 
n. 

1. Sport a Rugby play in which, typically, three members of each team line up opposite one another with a group of two and a group of three players behind them, making an eight-person, three-two-three formation on each side;
   the ball is then rolled between the opposing front lines, the players of which stand with arms around a teammate's waist, meeting the opponent shoulder to shoulder, and attempt to kick the ball backward to a teammate.
2. British Terms a place or situation of confusion and racket;
   hubbub.

v.i. 

3. Sport to engage in a scrum.

Also, scrummage (for defs. 1, 3).

• short for scrummage 1885–90

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

scrum / skrʌm/ noun

1. the act or method of restarting play in which the two opposing packs of forwards group together with heads down and arms interlocked and push to gain ground while the scrum half throws the ball in and the hookers attempt to scoop it out to their own team
2. a disorderly struggle

verb (scrums, scrumming, scrummed)

1. (intransitive) usually followed by down: to form a scrum

Etymology: 19th Century: shortened from scrummage