scramblern.

Brit.

/ˈskramblə/, U.S.

/ˈskræmb(ə)lər/

Etymology: < scramble v. + -er suffix¹.

I. A person who scrambles.

1. One who scrambles. (Cf. scambler n.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > one who strives or struggles

wrestlera1340

struggler1554

striver1555

scrambler1687

grappler1865

battler1898

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > one who struggles with others to obtain

scrambler1687

society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who

fighterc1300

strivera1400

contender1547

struggler1554

contentioner1593

militant1610

contendent1623

combatant1646

conflicter1658

counter-scufflera1672

agonist1687

scrambler1687

protagonist1837

belligerent1839

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > [noun] > scrambling > one who

scrambler1687

society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > for a share of something

scrambler1687

the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > one who strives or struggles > to advance in the world or for existence

scrambler1806

struggler1825

struggle-for-lifer1895

society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players

server1585

free agent1649

benchwarmer1662

puncher1681

sticker1779

hard hitter1790

hitter1813

go-devil1835

beneficiaire1841

colt1846

heavyweight1857

stayer1862

left-hander1864

attack1869

cap1879

international1882

roadman1886

big leaguer1887

homester1887

sand lotter1887

badger1890

internationalist1892

repeater1893

anchorman1895

grandstander1896

stylist1897

homebrew1903

letterman1905

toss-loser1906

fouler1908

rookie1908

mudder1912

sharpshooter1912

pro-amateur1919

receiver1919

southpaw1925

freestyler1927

hotshot1927

active1931

all-timer1936

iceman1936

wild card1940

scrambler1954

rounder1955

franchise1957

call-up1960

trialist1960

non-import1964

sandbagger1965

rebel1982

wide-body1986

1687 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 237 Dr. Derham..was here noted for a scrambler, being in his scarlet, so notorious that they flung things in his face.

1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 40. ⁋1 All the little scramblers after fame fall upon him, publish every blot in his life [etc.].

1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 251 Nature..proportions the multiplication of the people to their comforts, and thus provides an everlasting supply of scramblers for subsistence.

1861 Sat. Rev. 7 Sept. 236 A scramble for sovereigns..would be sure to attract plenty of scramblers.

1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) xiii. 337 The mountaineer..is not a mere scrambler.

1954 M. Connolly Power Tennis 66 Many times I have seen a scrambler unnerve a much better player merely by returning her best placements.

1958 Oxf. Mail 27 Aug. 4/9 Most of Britain's leading motor-cycle scramblers will be at Brill on October 5.

1961 Times 29 Apr. 3/2 Can it be that his consummate skill as a scrambler is beginning to weigh on him?

1967 Time 17 Mar. 55 He is known in the trade as a ‘scrambler’, who would just as soon run as throw, who can turn a potential 10-yd. loss into a 50-yd. gain.

1972 J. Mosedale Football vi. 86 Quarterbacks usually identified as scramblers got that reputation because they had to run after inept teammates failed to block for them.

II. That which scrambles.

2. A plant, often a climbing one, depending on the support of others.

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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > creeping, climbing, or spiring > creeping or climbing plant

wind1538

clamberer1597

creeper1626

winder1626

climber1640

convolvula1675

vine1708

runner1731

parasite1813

groundling1822

twiner1830

scrambler1902

1902 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: R–Z 1935/2 There are many useful climbers among the scramblers.

1953 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. I (Empire Forestry Assoc.) 116 Scrambler. A plant which, owing to lack of rigidity in its stem, and absence of special climbing organs, uses other vegetation as its support.

1974 Country Life 21 Mar. 642/3 This large-flowered scrambler [sc. a Cretan Aristolochia] is probably not very hardy.

a. An electronic device used, esp. in telephony and radio, to make speech signals unintelligible, usually by dividing the signal into distinct frequency ranges which are separately inverted and displaced in frequency.

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society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > rendering unintelligible > device for

scrambler1950

scramble button1962

1950 G. Hackforth-Jones Worst Enemy i. 24 This line, which linked me directly with the Rear-Admiral, was fitted with a device known as a ‘scrambler’ which was completely secure against listening in and it was therefore possible to speak freely and at length at all times.

1968 New Scientist 19 Dec. 657/3 A simple scrambler that will turn high speech frequencies into low speech frequencies and vice versa can be bought for about £100.

1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog ii. 31 The radio..had a scrambler, so that if the message was picked up accidentally it sounded like static.

a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 41 Having made a big fuss about national security to George Wigg I have decided to be extremely careful in everything I do personally so I've had scramblers and big safes installed in London as well as here at Prescote.

1981 A. Melville-Ross Tightrope vi. 36 You can get me..the Minister's Private Secretary..on the scrambler.

figurative.1958 Listener 13 Nov. 791/3 Your work of art..has to suffer a further change as it goes through the scrambler of your reader's prejudices.

b. attributive, as scrambler line, scrambler phone, scrambler system, scrambler telephone.

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1958 L. Durrell Balthazar ii. 29 His work was invisibly dictated by a scrambler telephone.

1958 Listener 25 Sept. 462/2 It is a variant of the scrambler system which has been long in use for confidential telephonic communication.

1965 Times 16 Feb. 12/2 The ‘scrambler’ telephone can now be bought for £50 by individual companies.

1966 J. Bingham Double Agent xi. 162 He lifted the scrambler telephone... ‘A scrambled phone is safe, but not entirely safe.’

1974 G. Markstein Cooler lxviii. 234 He..made a call on the scrambler line to London.

1975 ‘M. Sinclair’ Long Time Sleeping ix. 115 Pringle..switched on the scrambler phone and started writing.

1977 C. Forbes Avalanche Express ii. xi. 118 Scholten took the call on his scrambler phone.

Draft additions 1993

4. A motorcycle designed for use over rough terrain, esp. in moto-cross riding; = trail bike n. at trail n.¹ Compounds 2. Also appositively, in scrambler-bike.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motorcycle > [noun] > for unmade roads

motocrosser1968

scrambler1969

trail bike1969

dirt bike1970

motorcrosser1973

thumper1980

1969 Time 2 May 31/1 The foursome would prefer tough scramblers, ‘with big drive sprockets, knobby wheels—and more vroom’.

1977 Belfast Tel. 22 Feb. 26/9 (advt.) Schoolboy Scrambler, excellent condition, £485 o.n.o.

1986 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. x. 16/3 Semver..rents bicycles at $8, mopeds at $10, scooters from $15 to $18 and cross-country scrambler bikes from $20 to $30.

1988 Washington Post 8 May (Book World) 15/2 Ralph is a modern shepherd, complete with scrambler-bike and a scrappy education.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	scrambler
释义	scramblern. Brit. /ˈskramblə/, U.S. /ˈskræmb(ə)lər/ Etymology: < scramble v. + -er suffix¹. I. A person who scrambles. 1. One who scrambles. (Cf. scambler n.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > one who strives or struggles wrestlera1340 struggler1554 striver1555 scrambler1687 grappler1865 battler1898 the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > one who struggles with others to obtain scrambler1687 society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > one who fighterc1300 strivera1400 contender1547 struggler1554 contentioner1593 militant1610 contendent1623 combatant1646 conflicter1658 counter-scufflera1672 agonist1687 scrambler1687 protagonist1837 belligerent1839 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving along with hands and feet or with body prone > [noun] > scrambling > one who scrambler1687 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > [noun] > one who fights > for a share of something scrambler1687 the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > one who endeavours or attempts > one who strives or struggles > to advance in the world or for existence scrambler1806 struggler1825 struggle-for-lifer1895 society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players server1585 free agent1649 benchwarmer1662 puncher1681 sticker1779 hard hitter1790 hitter1813 go-devil1835 beneficiaire1841 colt1846 heavyweight1857 stayer1862 left-hander1864 attack1869 cap1879 international1882 roadman1886 big leaguer1887 homester1887 sand lotter1887 badger1890 internationalist1892 repeater1893 anchorman1895 grandstander1896 stylist1897 homebrew1903 letterman1905 toss-loser1906 fouler1908 rookie1908 mudder1912 sharpshooter1912 pro-amateur1919 receiver1919 southpaw1925 freestyler1927 hotshot1927 active1931 all-timer1936 iceman1936 wild card1940 scrambler1954 rounder1955 franchise1957 call-up1960 trialist1960 non-import1964 sandbagger1965 rebel1982 wide-body1986 1687 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 237 Dr. Derham..was here noted for a scrambler, being in his scarlet, so notorious that they flung things in his face. 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 40. ⁋1 All the little scramblers after fame fall upon him, publish every blot in his life [etc.]. 1806 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 4 251 Nature..proportions the multiplication of the people to their comforts, and thus provides an everlasting supply of scramblers for subsistence. 1861 Sat. Rev. 7 Sept. 236 A scramble for sovereigns..would be sure to attract plenty of scramblers. 1871 L. Stephen Playground of Europe (1894) xiii. 337 The mountaineer..is not a mere scrambler. 1954 M. Connolly Power Tennis 66 Many times I have seen a scrambler unnerve a much better player merely by returning her best placements. 1958 Oxf. Mail 27 Aug. 4/9 Most of Britain's leading motor-cycle scramblers will be at Brill on October 5. 1961 Times 29 Apr. 3/2 Can it be that his consummate skill as a scrambler is beginning to weigh on him? 1967 Time 17 Mar. 55 He is known in the trade as a ‘scrambler’, who would just as soon run as throw, who can turn a potential 10-yd. loss into a 50-yd. gain. 1972 J. Mosedale Football vi. 86 Quarterbacks usually identified as scramblers got that reputation because they had to run after inept teammates failed to block for them. II. That which scrambles. 2. A plant, often a climbing one, depending on the support of others. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > [noun] > creeping, climbing, or spiring > creeping or climbing plant wind1538 clamberer1597 creeper1626 winder1626 climber1640 convolvula1675 vine1708 runner1731 parasite1813 groundling1822 twiner1830 scrambler1902 1902 Cycl. Amer. Hort.: R–Z 1935/2 There are many useful climbers among the scramblers. 1953 Brit. Commonw. Forest Terminol.: Pt. I (Empire Forestry Assoc.) 116 Scrambler. A plant which, owing to lack of rigidity in its stem, and absence of special climbing organs, uses other vegetation as its support. 1974 Country Life 21 Mar. 642/3 This large-flowered scrambler [sc. a Cretan Aristolochia] is probably not very hardy. 3. a. An electronic device used, esp. in telephony and radio, to make speech signals unintelligible, usually by dividing the signal into distinct frequency ranges which are separately inverted and displaced in frequency. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > [noun] > signal > rendering unintelligible > device for scrambler1950 scramble button1962 1950 G. Hackforth-Jones Worst Enemy i. 24 This line, which linked me directly with the Rear-Admiral, was fitted with a device known as a ‘scrambler’ which was completely secure against listening in and it was therefore possible to speak freely and at length at all times. 1968 New Scientist 19 Dec. 657/3 A simple scrambler that will turn high speech frequencies into low speech frequencies and vice versa can be bought for about £100. 1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog ii. 31 The radio..had a scrambler, so that if the message was picked up accidentally it sounded like static. a1974 R. Crossman Diaries (1975) I. 41 Having made a big fuss about national security to George Wigg I have decided to be extremely careful in everything I do personally so I've had scramblers and big safes installed in London as well as here at Prescote. 1981 A. Melville-Ross Tightrope vi. 36 You can get me..the Minister's Private Secretary..on the scrambler. figurative.1958 Listener 13 Nov. 791/3 Your work of art..has to suffer a further change as it goes through the scrambler of your reader's prejudices. b. attributive, as scrambler line, scrambler phone, scrambler system, scrambler telephone. ΚΠ 1958 L. Durrell Balthazar ii. 29 His work was invisibly dictated by a scrambler telephone. 1958 Listener 25 Sept. 462/2 It is a variant of the scrambler system which has been long in use for confidential telephonic communication. 1965 Times 16 Feb. 12/2 The ‘scrambler’ telephone can now be bought for £50 by individual companies. 1966 J. Bingham Double Agent xi. 162 He lifted the scrambler telephone... ‘A scrambled phone is safe, but not entirely safe.’ 1974 G. Markstein Cooler lxviii. 234 He..made a call on the scrambler line to London. 1975 ‘M. Sinclair’ Long Time Sleeping ix. 115 Pringle..switched on the scrambler phone and started writing. 1977 C. Forbes Avalanche Express ii. xi. 118 Scholten took the call on his scrambler phone. Draft additions 1993 4. A motorcycle designed for use over rough terrain, esp. in moto-cross riding; = trail bike n. at trail n.¹ Compounds 2. Also appositively, in scrambler-bike. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motorcycle > [noun] > for unmade roads motocrosser1968 scrambler1969 trail bike1969 dirt bike1970 motorcrosser1973 thumper1980 1969 Time 2 May 31/1 The foursome would prefer tough scramblers, ‘with big drive sprockets, knobby wheels—and more vroom’. 1977 Belfast Tel. 22 Feb. 26/9 (advt.) Schoolboy Scrambler, excellent condition, £485 o.n.o. 1986 N.Y. Times 16 Nov. x. 16/3 Semver..rents bicycles at $8, mopeds at $10, scooters from $15 to $18 and cross-country scrambler bikes from $20 to $30. 1988 Washington Post 8 May (Book World) 15/2 Ralph is a modern shepherd, complete with scrambler-bike and a scrappy education. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1687
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