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- pronunciation:
- skraem
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
scrambles, scrambling, scrambled |
| definition 1: |
to move hastily, esp. using both hands and feet to maintain one's balance or pull oneself along, as if on an incline or irregular ground.
- similar words:
- bustle, crawl, creep, hasten, hurry, run, rush, scamper, scrabble, scurry, scuttle, shin, shinny, stir
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| definition 2: |
to try with great energy to reach or gain something, or to avoid failing.
He was scrambling to keep up with his friends in the history course.- synonyms:
- struggle
- similar words:
- hasten, race, reach, stretch, strive, vie
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| definition 3: |
of military aircraft or pilots, to take off quickly on a signal to intercept an enemy.
- similar words:
- sortie
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| related words: |
career, climb, dart, hustle, tumble |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition 1: |
to mix or throw together hastily or without any apparent order.
- synonyms:
- confuse, garble, jumble, mix, tangle
- similar words:
- blend, muddle, muss, shuffle, snarl, stir, throw, tumble, whisk
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| definition 2: |
to cook (eggs) in an open pan, stirring constantly to produce a uniformly cooked mixture.
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| definition 3: |
to electronically distort (a radio or television signal or the like) and thus make (it) unintelligible without a special receiver.
- similar words:
- code, distort, encode, garble, jam, jumble
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| related words: |
combine, disarray, disorder, interfere, litter, tangle |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a rapid climb or progression over irregular ground, using or as if using both the hands and feet for balance or to pull oneself along.
- synonyms:
- scrabble
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| definition 2: |
an energetic or frantic struggle to attain something, or to avoid failing.
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| definition 3: |
any hasty, disorganized, or frantic proceeding.
When the fire alarm went off there was a scramble for the exits.- synonyms:
- rush
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| definition 4: |
a rapid mass takeoff of military aircraft on a signal to intercept an enemy.
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| related words: |
climb, dart, tumble |
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