scrum
nounEtymology
Either a back-formation from or an apocopic form of scrummage, a variant of scrimmage.
Definitions
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…
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.
- 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.
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In agile software development (specifically Scrum or related methodologies), a daily…
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.
To form a scrum.
Alternative letter-case form of Scrum.
An iterative and incremental agile software development method for managing software…
An iterative and incremental agile software development method for managing software projects and product or application development.
The neighborhood
Derived
loose scrum, scrum cap, scrum feed, scrum-half, scrum machine, scrum poker
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at scrum. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at scrum. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at scrum
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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