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- Dictionaryscramble/ˈskrambl/
verb
- 1. make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet: "we scrambled over the damp boulders" Similar
- 2. order (a fighter aircraft or its pilot) to take off immediately in an emergency or for action: "the Hurricanes were scrambled again, this time meeting Italian fighters"
noun
- 1. a difficult or hurried clamber up or over something: "an undignified scramble over the wall" Similar
- 2. an emergency take-off by fighter aircraft: "the scramble might be a training exercise or it might not"
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SCRAMBLE definition: 1. to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you: 2. to compete…. Learn more.
The meaning of SCRAMBLE is to move with urgency or panic. How to use scramble in a sentence. to move with urgency or panic; to move or climb hastily especially on all fours…
1. to climb, crawl, or clamber hurriedly. 2. to scuffle or struggle for something, as for coins scattered on the ground. 3. to struggle or rush pell-mell, as to get something highly prized. to scramble for political office. 4. to get military aircraft into the air quickly.
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.
1. (intr) to climb or crawl, esp by using the hands to aid movement. 2. (intr) to proceed hurriedly or in a disorderly fashion. 3. (often foll by: for) to compete with others, esp in a disordered manner: to scramble for a prize. 4. (foll by: through) to deal with hurriedly and unsystematically.
Scramble definition: to climb or move quickly using one's hands and feet, as down a rough incline.. See examples of SCRAMBLE used in a sentence.
[intransitive] to push, fight or compete with others in order to get or to reach something. scramble for something The audience scrambled for the exits. scramble to do something Shoppers were scrambling to get the best bargains. achieve something with difficulty.
4 days ago · scramble (third-person singular simple present scrambles, present participle scrambling, simple past and past participle scrambled) ( intransitive ) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
Scramble definition: To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
SCRAMBLE definition: 1. to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands: 2. to compete with other…. Learn more.
