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What is a scrum?

What is a scrum? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A tightly-packed and disorderly crowd of people.
  2. (Canada) 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.
  3. (rugby) In rugby union or rugby league, all the forwards joined together in an organised way. Also known as a scrummage.
  4. In Agile software development, a daily meeting in which each developer describes what they have been doing, what they plan to do next, and any impediments to progress.
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One Scottish scrum disintegrated completely and the Springboks are not noted for giving a sucker an even break.
Fred Matthews replaced Wade up front and he was soon in the thick of it as Ilkley won yet another scrum out right.
Peter Stringer has occasionally been charged with a lack of extravagance behind the scrum, but his antennae are never down.
They swiftly heeled a scrum on the champions' line, and Thomson cleverly waited while he assessed his options.
I was kneeling on the floor beneath his feet and nearly got trampled to death in the scrum.
The home pack was soon in trouble, feeling the full weight of Otley's controlled aggression from the first scrum.

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