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DictionaryscrumPacked crowd
noun

scrum

SKRUM/skrʌm/

A tightly packed group of people pushing or crowding together.

A scrum of commuters pushes toward the train doors.

Tightly packed mixed group of commuters crowding and pushing toward a station doorway, ordinary nonviolent scrum.
Etymology
scrummageEnglishrugby scrimmage

A rugby scrimmage's packed struggle transferred to any noisy, pushing crowd.

More examples

  • Reporters form a scrum around the car.
  • She squeezes through the scrum at the entrance.

Forms

scrum

Similar words

throng
A large densely gathered crowd.
crush
A crowd packed so closely that movement is difficult.