scramble
/ˈskɹæmbl̩/ verb B2- To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
- To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
- To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass. · I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.
- To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
- To mix up, to confuse, to mislead.
- To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
- To be quickly deployed in this manner.
- To partake in motocross.
He/she/it scrambles · Past scrambled · Past participle scrambled · -ing form scrambling
Verb forms
- Base form
- scramble
- He/she/it
- scrambles
- Past
- scrambled
- Past participle
- scrambled
- -ing form
- scrambling
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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I scrambled down on to the path.
The woman now called to them that supper was ready, so they gathered around the table and Dorothy ate some delicious porridge and a dish of scrambled eggs and a plate of nice white bread, and enjoyed her meal.
“What a queer, scrambling way of expressing his meaning!” said I.
She drew her foot as far down the chimney as she could, and waited till she heard a little animal (she couldn’t guess of what sort it was) scratching and scrambling about in the chimney close above her: then, saying to herself “This is Bill,” she gave one sharp kick, and waited to see what would happen next.
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