Dictionary
scramble
Meaning
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- To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
- To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
- To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
- To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
- To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
- To be quickly deployed in this manner.
- To partake in motocross.
- To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
- To gather or collect by scrambling.
- 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.
- To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
- To permute parts of a twisty puzzle (especially, Rubik's Cube) until it is ready to be solved from scratch.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈskɹæmbl̩/
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