scrum /skrʌm/ noun
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: scrummage 'scrum' (19-21 centuries), from scrimmage]

1. [countable] a part of a game of rugby when the players all push together in a circle, with their heads down, and try to get the ball

2. [singular] British English informal a crowd of people who are all close together and pushing each other to try to get something:
He struggled through the scrum of people to the kitchen.

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