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  • 1scramble — [[t]skræ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] 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. [V prep/adv] Tourists were scrambling over the rocks looking for the perfect… …

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  • 2Scramble — may refer to:* Scramble, a team play scoring system in golf * Scramble (arcade game), a 1981 horizontally scrolling shoot em up, arcade game * Pedestrian scramble, a pedestrian crossing system that stops all traffic and allows pedestrians to… …

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  • 3Scramble — Scram ble, v. t. 1. To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth. Marlowe. [1913 Webster] 2. To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4scramble — [skram′bəl] vi. scrambled, scrambling [< ? SCAMPER + SCRABBLE] 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… …

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  • 5scramble — ► VERB 1) move or make one s way quickly and awkwardly, typically by using one s hands as well as one s feet. 2) make or become jumbled or muddled. 3) make (a broadcast transmission or telephone conversation) unintelligible unless received by an… …

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  • 6scramble — I n. 1) a mad, wild scramble 2) a scramble for (a wild scramble for tickets) 3) a scramble to + inf. (there was a scramble to buy tickets) II v. 1) (C) scramble a couple of eggs for me; or: scramble me a couple of eggs 2) (d; intr.) to scramble… …

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  • 7scramble — I. verb (scrambled; scrambling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1scrabble Date: 1568 intransitive verb 1. a. to move with urgency or panic b. to move or climb hastily on all fours 2. a. to strug …

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  • 8scramble — {{11}}scramble (n.) 1670s, from SCRAMBLE (Cf. scramble) (v.). Meaning rapid take off first recorded 1940, R.A.F. slang. {{12}}scramble (v.) 1580s, perhaps a nasalized variant of SCRABBLE (Cf. scrabble) (v.), in its sense of to struggle, to scrape …

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  • 9scramble — 01. The children [scrambled] up the hillside, laughing and shouting. 02. Do you want your eggs [scrambled] or just fried sunnyside up? 03. The children were playing a game in which they had ten letters all [scrambled], and had to make a word out… …

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  • 10beat eggs — scramble eggs, blend eggs, mix eggs …

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