scrambleverb
uk/ˈskræm.bəl/us/ˈskræm.bəl/scramble verb (MOVE QUICKLY)
C2 [ I usually + adv/prep ] to move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using your hands to help you:
[ I ] to compete with other people for something there is very little of:
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- We scrambled up the hill.
- He scrambled over the car roof to help his colleague.
- She scrambled to her feet and hurried out of the room.
- Somehow I managed to scramble up the bank.
- We scrambled up the muddy path to the house.
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- glide
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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scramble verb (MIX)
also scramble up [ T ] to put things such as words or letters in the wrong order so that they do not make sense:
[ T ] to mix eggs with a little milk and mix again as they are being fried
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Mixing and mixtures
- be neither one thing nor the other idiom
- beat
- blend
- blend in/blend into sth
- brew
- cocktail
- concoction
- cross-fertilization
- decoction
- emulsion
- impure
- mashup
- meld
- mingle
- mixture
- neither
- preparation
- roll
- rolled into one idiom
- substance
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scramble verb (CHANGE SIGNAL)
[ T ] to change a radio or phone signal so that it can only be understood using a special device
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Codes & decoding
- cipher
- code
- code word
- coded
- cryptography
- cypher
- decipher
- decode
- decrypt
- encode
- encrypt
- passcode
- QR code
- scrambler
- unscramble
scramble verb (TAKE OFF)
[ I or T ] specialized military to (cause a plane to) take off very quickly:
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Air travel: travelling by aircraft
- aboard
- air rage
- blast off
- coach class
- crash-land
- cruise
- economy-class syndrome
- flown
- flying
- flypast
- fogbound
- ground
- holding pattern
- land
- landfall
- navigation
- pilot
- reclaim
- red-eye
- taxi
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scramblenoun
uk/ˈskræm.bəl/us/ˈskræm.bəl/scramble noun (CLIMBING)
[ S ] a climb that is difficult so that you have to use your hands to help you:
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Moving quickly
- beetle
- belt
- bob
- bowl down/along sth
- careen
- career
- gallop
- glide
- gun
- leg
- make off
- outran
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- shoot
- stampede
- trot
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scramble noun (QUICK MOVEMENT)
[ S ] an act of hurrying:
[ S ] a hurried attempt to get something:
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dose
- grease
- haste
- hasten
- hasty
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- patch
- rattle through sth
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- snap
- throw
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scramble noun (SPORT)
[ C ] a motocross event:
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Motor racing
- autocross
- chicane
- cockpit
- drag race
- dragster
- go-karting
- lap
- motor racing
- NASCAR
- pit
- pit stop
- racing car
- racing driver
- rally
- scrambling
- speedway
- stock car
- the checkered flag
- the chequered flag
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scramble noun (FOOD)
[ C ] US a dish of eggs and other foods such as potatoes that are mixed as they are being fried:
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Mixing and mixtures
- be neither one thing nor the other idiom
- beat
- blend
- blend in/blend into sth
- brew
- cocktail
- concoction
- cross-fertilization
- decoction
- emulsion
- impure
- mashup
- meld
- mingle
- mixture
- neither
- preparation
- roll
- rolled into one idiom
- substance
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