Scrum
WordNet
noun
(1) (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 thrown in between them and the two sides compete for possession
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From "scrummage", from "scrimmage" (The Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language)
Noun
- In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
- A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
- A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
- 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.
- A scrum formed around Scott Brison shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.
- In software development, SCRUM is an agile, lightweight process that can be used to manage and control software and product development using iterative, incremental practices.
See also
- ruck, maul, scrum-half
- Wikipedia article on Scrum (rugby)
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