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- Dictionaryscrambling/ˈskramblɪŋ/
noun
- 1. the action of scrambling up or over rough or steep ground, especially as a leisure activity: "the final push for the summit involved some exhilarating scrambling"
- 2. the alteration of the speech frequency of a telephone conversation or broadcast transmission so as to make it unintelligible without a decoding device: "he activated the aircraft's radar scrambling unit"
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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.
a. : to struggle eagerly or unceremoniously for possession of something. scramble for front seats. players scrambling for the ball. b. : to get or gather something with difficulty or in irregular ways. scramble for a living. 3. : to spread or grow irregularly : sprawl, straggle.
scramble. (skræmbəl ) Word forms: scrambles , scrambling , scrambled. 1. verb. If you scramble over rocks or up a hill, you move quickly over them or up it using your hands to help you. Tourists were scrambling over the rocks looking for the perfect camera angle. [VERB preposition/adverb] He scrambled up a steep bank. [VERB preposition/adverb]
A scramble is not graceful; people scramble when they want to get somewhere fast. Also, scrambling refers to altering a message so others can't read it. Putting a message into code is a type of scrambling.
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.
[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.
SCRAMBLE definition: 1. to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands: 2. to compete with other…. Learn more.
1. [no object] a always followed by an adverb or preposition : to move or climb over something quickly especially while also using your hands. We scrambled over the boulders and kept climbing up the mountain. He scrambled up the ramp. b : to move or act quickly to do, find, or get something often before someone else does.
Definition of scramble noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
verb. us / ˈskræm.b ə l / uk / ˈskræm.b ə l / scramble verb (MOVE QUICKLY) Add to word list. C2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you: scramble up/over She scrambled up the steep hillside and over the rocks.
