scramble

[Scram·ble]

To scramble is to move quickly in a disorganized fashion, like people running to get out of the rain. When you scramble a message, it can no longer be read.

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To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

Noun
rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Noun
an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

Verb
make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"

Verb
stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"

Verb
bring into random order

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Verb
to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them"

Verb
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling


v. i.
To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

v. i.
To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

v. t.
To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.

v. t.
To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.

n.
The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.

n.
The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.


Scramble

Scram"ble , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrambled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scrambling .] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf. Scrabble.] 1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks. 2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.

Scramble

Scram"ble , v. t. 1. To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. Marlowe. 2. To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.

Scramble

Scram"ble, n. 1. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering. 2. The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.
Scarcity [of money] enhances its price, and increases the scramble.

To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.

The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.

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