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Noun: scrambling skram-b(u-)ling Usage: Brit
- A form of off-road motorbike racing
- motocross Verb: scramble skram-bul- To move hurriedly
"The friend scrambled after them" - Climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
- clamber, shin, shinny [N. Amer], skin, struggle, sputter - Bring into random order
- jumble, throw together - Stir vigorously
"scramble the egg whites" - beat - Make unintelligible
"scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" - (military) quickly deploy vehicles, esp. aircraft, in response to an emergency or make an attack
Derived forms: scramblings See also: scrambler Type of: agitate, alter, change, climb, commove, disarray, disorder, disturb, go, locomote, modify, move, raise up, shake up, stir up, travel, vex Antonym: unscramble Encyclopedia: Scramble Scrambling |