Scramble

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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     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.
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              Of other care they little reckoning make,
              Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.
                                                    --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. t.
     1. To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.
        --Marlowe.
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     2. To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the
        yolks and whites together while cooking.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scramble \Scram"ble\, n.
     1. The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or
        clambering.
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     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.
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              Scarcity [of money] enhances its price, and
              increases the scramble.               --Locke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scramble
       n 1: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: {scuffle}]
       2: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: {scamper},
           {scurry}]
       v 1: to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them"
       2: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {clamber}, {shin},
           {shinny}, {skin}, {struggle}, {sputter}]
       3: bring into random order [syn: {jumble}, {throw together}]
       4: stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream"
          [syn: {beat}]
       5: make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody
          can understand it" [ant: {unscramble}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  371 Moby Thesaurus words for "scramble":
     Aesopian language, Babel, Greek, action, admix, ado, aerial combat,
     affray, agitation, air cover, air raid, air support, all fours,
     all sorts, alloy, amalgamate, argot, armored combat,
     arsy-varsiness, assemblage, assortment, babble, ball up, battle,
     battle royal, bemingle, blend, bollix up, bolt, bombing, bother,
     botheration, box, brawl, broad spectrum, broil, brouhaha, brush,
     bullfight, bundle, burst, bustle, cant, career, chase, cipher,
     clamber, clash, clash of arms, climb, close, clutter, coalesce,
     cockfight, code, collide, combat, combine, come to blows,
     commingle, commix, commotion, competition, complicate, compose,
     compound, concoct, conflict, confound, confuse, conglomerate,
     conglomeration, contend, contention, contest, cover, crawl,
     crawling, creep, creeping, crowd, cryptogram, cut and thrust, dart,
     dash, dash off, dash on, disorder, disturbance, dogfight,
     donnybrook, donnybrook fair, double Dutch, double-time, drive,
     drive on, dry run, duel, dustup, embroilment, emulsify,
     exchange blows, exchange of blows, farrago, feery-fary, fence,
     ferment, festinate, feud, fidgetiness, fight, fight a duel,
     fire fight, fit, flap, fling, flurry, fluster, flutter,
     flutteriness, foofaraw, forge ahead, foul up, fracas, fray,
     free-for-all, fumble, fuse, fuss, fussiness, gallimaufry, garble,
     get going, get moving, gibberish, gift of tongues, give and take,
     give satisfaction, glossolalia, go ahead, go all out, go on tiptoe,
     gobbledygook, grapple, grapple with, ground combat, grovel,
     gumshoe, gumshoeing, hand-to-hand combat, hand-to-hand fight, hash,
     hassle, haste, hasten, helter-skelter, hie, higgledy-piggledy,
     hodgepodge, homogenize, hotchpot, hotchpotch,
     house-to-house combat, hubbub, hullabaloo, hump, hump it, hurry,
     hurry on, hurry through, hurry up, hurry-scurry, hurtle, hustle,
     hysteron proteron, immingle, immix, inch, inch along, integrate,
     interblend, interlace, interlard, intermingle, intermix,
     intertwine, interweave, jargon, jostle, joust, jumble, jungle,
     knead, leap, litter, lose no time, maelstrom, magpie, make haste,
     make things hum, make unintelligible, mash, medley, melange, melee,
     merge, mess, milk run, mingle, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mishmash,
     mission, mix, mix it up, mix up, mixed bag, move quickly, muck up,
     muddle, mystify, naval combat, nightwalk, nightwalking, noise,
     obfuscate, obscure, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida,
     omnium-gatherum, pad, padding, pandemonium, passage of arms,
     pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork, pell-mell, pi, pitched battle,
     play hob with, plunge, post, pother, potpourri, press on, prowl,
     prowling, push, push on, pussyfoot, pussyfooting, quarrel, race,
     racket, ramble, rampage, rassle, reconnaissance,
     reconnaissance mission, restlessness, riffle, riot,
     rough-and-tumble, roughhouse, row, ruckus, ruction, rumble,
     rummage, rumpus, run, run a tilt, running fight, rush,
     rush through, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scamper, scoot, scour,
     scrabble, scramble up, screw up, scrimmage, scud, scuffle, scurry,
     scuttle, secret language, shadow, shindy, shoot, shoot ahead,
     shoving match, shuffle, shuttle raid, sidle, sidling, skedaddle,
     skirmish, slang, slink, slinking, snafu, snake, snaking, snarl up,
     sneak, sneaking, sortie, spar, spasm, sprangle, spread-eagle,
     spurt, stand-up fight, steal, steal along, stealing, step lively,
     step on it, stew, stir, stir up, straddle, strafing, straggle,
     street fight, strive, struggle, sweat, swirl, syncretize,
     tauromachy, tear, throw together, thrust and parry, tilt, tippytoe,
     tiptoe, tiptoeing, to-do, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom,
     toss together, tourney, training mission, trouble, tug-of-war,
     tumble, tumult, turmoil, tussle, umbrella, unholy mess, unquiet,
     uproar, vortex, wage war, war, welter, what you will, whirl, work,
     worm, worm along, worming, wrestle