scrambled

Main Entry:: ¹scram·ble
Pronunciation:: \ˈskram-bəl\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: scram·bled; scram·bling \-b(ə-)liŋ\
Etymology:: perhaps alteration of ¹scrabble
Date:: 1568

intransitive verb1 a: to move with urgency or panic b: to move or climb hastily on all fours2 a: to struggle eagerly or unceremoniously for possession of something <scramble for front seats> b: to get or gather something with difficulty or in irregular ways <scramble for a living>3: to spread or grow irregularly : sprawl, straggle4: to take off quickly in response to an alert5of a football quarterback : to run with the ball after the pass protection breaks downtransitive verb1: to collect by scrambling2 a: to toss or mix together : jumble b: to prepare (eggs) by stirring during frying3: to cause or order (a fighter-interceptor group) to scramble4: to disarrange the elements of a transmission (as a telephone or television signal) in order to make unintelligible to interception

— scram·bler

\-b(ə-)lər\ noun

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