[
UK
/skɹˈæmbəl/
]
[ US /ˈskɹæmbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈskɹæmbəɫ/ ]
VERB
-
to move hurriedly
The friend scrambled after them - bring into random order
- climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
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stir vigorously
beat the cream
beat the egg whites -
make unintelligible
scramble the message so that nobody can understand it
NOUN
- an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
- rushing about hastily in an undignified way
How To Use scramble In A Sentence
- Keeping specific goals and metrics for testing in mind not only helps track status and results, but also avoids the last-second scramble to pull together necessary reports.
- She learned to scramble around and even run sideways, but not forward.
- The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid.
- Those buyers not up to speed might find they are left behind in the scramble to get onto the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times
- However, in a mad final scramble, the Vipers were able to hold on to win their fourth straight Stampede Challenge title.
- Carpenter scrambled out of the pocket, pulled up at the line of scrimmage and shoveled the ball to Thompson, who outleaped two defenders under the goal post. USATODAY.com
- For a moment I feared I was going to drown as I lay pole-axed on the shingle, but scrambled free in time. Country diary: Western Cumbria
- The group scattered and Justin scrambled to the school.
- On Seventh Avenue, slack-jawed visitors scrambled for digital cameras, and taxicabs actually slowed down for something other than a fare.
- With more than 50 million Larsson books sold world-wide, publishers scrambled to anoint his literary heir—preferably a political and prolix Scandinavian. Tattooed by Politics