scrum
/skɹʌm/ noun C1- A tightly packed and disorderly crowd of people. · A scrum developed around the bar when free beer was announced.
- A 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.
- 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.
Plural scrums
From the library
There’s Moorhouse, first reserve, but he is trained as a half, and he always edges right in on to the scrum instead of keeping out on the touchline.
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