scramble
To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surfaceTo move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
» I'm making scrambled eggs.
Ich mache Rührei.
Я делаю яичницу.
Я роблю яєчню.
Meaning
13 senses(intransitive)To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
krabbeln
кара́бкатьсяkarábkatʹsja, вскара́бкатьсяvskarábkatʹsja, лезтьleztʹ
вде́ртисяvdértysja
to move hurriedly
(intransitive)To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
drängeln
пробира́тьсяprobirátʹsja, пробра́тьсяprobrátʹsja
(transitive)To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.
(transitive)To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.
verwürfeln
шифрова́тьšifrovátʹ, зашифро́выватьzašifróvyvatʹ, зашифрова́тьzašifrovátʹ
make unintelligible
(broadly, transitive)To mix up, to confuse, to mislead.
(also, broadly, transitive)To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.
(intransitive)To be quickly deployed in this manner.
ausschwärmen
подня́ться по трево́геpodnjátʹsja po trevóge
(intransitive)To partake in motocross.
Motocross fahren, crossen
(intransitive)To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.
klettern, kraxeln
взбира́тьсяvzbirátʹsja, взобра́тьсяvzobrátʹsja
(transitive)To gather or collect by scrambling.
climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
(transitive)To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.
rangeln, balgen
(transitive)To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.
Examples
71 sentencesI'm making scrambled eggs.
Я роблю яєчню.
ruЯ делаю яичницу.
deIch mache Rührei.
I had scrambled eggs for breakfast.
Tom ate scrambled eggs for breakfast.
deTom hat zum Frühstück Rührei gegessen.
Would you like some scrambled eggs?
deMöchtest du Rührei?
You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 6
By meaning 8
Origin
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake tOrigin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffix) (compare Dutch schrammen (“to graze, brush, scratch”)); or alternatively from a nasalised form of scrabble (“to scrape or scratch quickly”).
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Forms
scrambles, scrambling, scrambled, scrambledSynonyms
11 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- scrambled eggs
- ate scrambled eggs
- ate scrambled