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scram·ble
I. \ˈskrambəl, -aam-\ verb
(scrambled ; scrambled ; scrambling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; scrambles)
Etymology: perhaps alteration of scrabble (I)
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to move or climb hastily on all fours
< scramble over rocks >
< scramble up a steep bank >
b. : to move with the urgency of or as if of anxiety or panic
< scrambled into his clothes >
< scrambled to his feet >
2.
a. : to struggle eagerly with others for something on the ground
< scramble for coins >
b. : to struggle or strive unceremoniously for possession of something
< scramble for front seats >
< all the networks scrambled gleefully for the film — Newsweek >
c. : to get or gather something with difficulty or in irregular ways
< scramble for a living >
< had to do considerable scrambling to get up the tax money — Newsweek >
3.
a. : to spread or grow irregularly : sprawl, ramble, straggle
< scrambling frontier town >
b. of a plant : to climb upon or over a support — distinguished from twine
4. of an air squadron : to take off with all speed at the reported approach of hostile or unidentified aircraft
transitive verb
1. : to collect by scrambling — used with up or together
< scramble up a hasty dinner >
2. : to scale or traverse by scrambling
< scramble a cliff >
3.
a. : to toss or mix together in confusion : throw into disorder : jumble
< bad weather scrambled the air schedules >
< trying to collect his scrambled wits >
< scramble the pages of a manuscript >
b. : to prepare (eggs) by stirring during frying
c. : to make (a telephonic or radio message) unintelligible to interceptors by disarranging the frequencies of the transmission
d. : to effect an interdependent combination of (government-owned and privately owned industrial property)
< shipyard facilities have been scrambled through government building on private land >
4. : to cause or order (a fighter-interceptor group) to take off quickly in response to an alert
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an act of moving or climbing on all fours
< near the top of the hill the climb became a scramble >
2.
a. : a jostling and pushing for possession
< a scramble for places at the rail >
b. : an eager and unceremonious or unscrupulous struggle for possession
< unseemly scramble for invitations >
< a scramble for scarce raw materials >
< the scramble for Africa >
c. : a disorderly or confused progress, race, contest, or proceeding
< careful to keep the rapid finale of the symphony from becoming a scramble >
3. : a disorderly or jumbled mass
< a scramble of tents and huts spread out all over the rocks — Skyways >
< his plot, which is an improbable scramble of killings — H.A.L.Craig >
< when you get your wits working on that crazy scramble of letters … sense appears in nonsense — Cryptogram Book >
4.
a. chiefly Britain : an engagement with enemy aircraft : dogfight
b. : an emergency takeoff of fighter-interceptor airplanes in the shortest possible time
III. intransitive verb
of a football quarterback : to run with the ball after the pass protection breaks down
IV. noun
1. : a motorcycle race over a rough hilly course
2. : the act or an instance of scrambling by a quarterback |