/skɹʌm/
OriginEither a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage.
- A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people.
“A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.”
- CanadaA tightly packed group of reporters surrounding a person, usually a politician, asking for comments about an issue; an opportunity provided for a politician to be approached this way.
“A scrum formed around Scott Brison in the House of Commons lobby shortly after he announced his candidacy for the federal Liberal leadership.”
- In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way.
- In Agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
- Hostile shoving between two groups.
“[A] group of far-right lawmakers tried to mark Jerusalem Day by forcing their way into the street inhabited by the Palestinians listed for eviction. A group of leftist and Arab lawmakers blocked their”
- intransitiveTo form a scrum.
- alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of Scrum.
- An iterative and incremental agile software development method for managing software projects and product or application development.
- alt-ofAlternative letter-case form of Scrum.
Formsscrums(plural) · scrums(present, singular, third-person) · scrumming(participle, present) · scrummed(participle, past) · scrummed(past) · SCRUM(alternative) · scrum(alternative)