Meaning

13 senses
  1. (intransitive)To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.

    krabbeln

    кара́бкатьсяkarábkatʹsja, вскара́бкатьсяvskarábkatʹsja, лезтьleztʹ

    вде́ртисяvdértysja

    to move hurriedly

  2. (intransitive)To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.

    drängeln

    пробира́тьсяprobirátʹsja, пробра́тьсяprobrátʹsja

  3. (transitive)To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.

    I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.

  4. (transitive)To process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.

    verwürfeln

    шифрова́тьšifrovátʹ, зашифро́выватьzašifróvyvatʹ, зашифрова́тьzašifrovátʹ

    make unintelligible

  5. (broadly, transitive)To mix up, to confuse, to mislead.

  6. (also, broadly, transitive)To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.

  7. (intransitive)To be quickly deployed in this manner.

    ausschwärmen

    подня́ться по трево́геpodnjátʹsja po trevóge

  8. (intransitive)To partake in motocross.

    Motocross fahren, crossen

  9. (intransitive)To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.

    klettern, kraxeln

    взбира́тьсяvzbirátʹsja, взобра́тьсяvzobrátʹsja

  10. (transitive)To gather or collect by scrambling.

    climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

  11. (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

  12. (transitive)To throw something down for others to compete for in this manner.

Examples

71 sentences
  1. I'm making scrambled eggs.

    Я роблю яєчню.

    ruЯ делаю яичницу.

    deIch mache Rührei.

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  2. I had scrambled eggs for breakfast.

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  3. Tom ate scrambled eggs for breakfast.

    deTom hat zum Frühstück Rührei gegessen.

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  4. Would you like some scrambled eggs?

    deMöchtest du Rührei?

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  5. You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to move hurriedly to a location using all limbs against a surface:
Русский
By meaning 6
to mix food ingredients in a mix to be cooked into a loose mass:
to move hurriedly to a location using all limbs against a surface:
to proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner:
to process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener:
to quickly enter vehicles and proceed to destination:
to ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity:
Deutsch
By meaning 8
to mix food ingredients in a mix to be cooked into a loose mass:
to move hurriedly to a location using all limbs against a surface:
to proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner:
to process telecommunication signals to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener:
to quickly enter vehicles and proceed to destination:
to partake in motocross:
to ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity:
to struggle:

Origin

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake t

Origin 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, scrambled
Base formscramble · to scramble
3rd person singularscrambles
Present participlescrambling
Past simplescrambled
Past participlescrambled

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscramble
he, she, itscrambles

Past simpleLesson

all personsscrambled

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scrambled
he, she, ithas scrambled

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scramble

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

14 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • scrambled eggs
  • ate scrambled eggs
  • ate scrambled

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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