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[ verb ] to move hurriedly

Examples

: "The friend scrambled after them."

Used in print

(George Harmon Coxe, Error of Judgement....)

He did not bother with his radio - there would be time for that later - but as he scrambled out on the pavement he saw the filling_station and the public telephone_booth and knew instantly how he had been summoned .

Related terms

travel scamper

2
[ verb ] climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

Used in print

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Still the guards did not move , but stood inert , aloof from the slow scrambling man .

Related terms

climb struggle

3
[ noun ] an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

Synonyms

scuffle

Related terms

struggle tussle

4
[ verb ] bring into random order
5
[ verb ] stir vigorously

Synonyms

beat

Examples

"beat the egg whites" beat the cream"

Related terms

agitate stir whisk cream cooking

6
[ verb ] make unintelligible

Examples

"scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"

Related terms

unscramble change scrambler

7
[ noun ] rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Synonyms

scamper scurry

Related terms

haste scurry

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