Meaning

9 senses

  1. A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.

    a last-minute scramble to the finish line

    Gedränge, Gerangel, Gedrängel

    спе́шкаspéška, ажиота́жažiotáž, сва́лкаsválka

  2. An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.

    Ausschwärmen

    взлёт по трево́геvzljot po trevóge

  3. A motocross race.

    мотого́нкиmotogónki, мотокро́ссmotokróss

  4. Any frantic period of competitive activity.

    Gerangel

    ажиота́жažiotáž, запа́ркаzapárka

  5. An impromptu maneuver or run by a quarterback, attempting to gain yardage or avoid being tackled behind the line of scrimmage.

  6. A statistic used in assessing a player's short game, consisting of a chip or putt from under 50 yards away that results in requiring one putt or less on the green.

  7. A variant of golf in which each player in a team tees off on each hole, and the players decide which shot was best. Every player then plays their second shot from within a club length of where the best ball has come to rest, and the procedure is repeated until the hole is finished.

  8. A dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.

    Near-synonym: hash

    The diner's menu features "the farmer's scramble" (under all-day breakfast) and "the fisherman's fricassee" (under dinner entrees).

  9. A venue where enslaved people were auctioned during the Atlantic slave trade.

More definitions
  • an unceremonious and disorganized struggle
  • rushing about hastily in an undignified way

Examples

71 sentences

  1. I'm making scrambled eggs.

    Я роблю яєчню. — deniko

    ruЯ делаю яичницу. — Balamax

    deIch mache Rührei. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  4. Would you like some scrambled eggs?

    deMöchtest du Rührei? — Waldelfe

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  5. You can't unscramble a scrambled egg.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
a rush or hurry:
an emergency defensive air force mission:
a motocross race:
any frantic period of competitive activity:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a rush or hurry:
an emergency defensive air force mission:

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

plural: scrambles
Singularscramble
Pluralscrambles

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
hash
Close in meaning
  • an unceremonious and disorganized struggle:scuffle
  • rushing about hastily in an undignified way:scamperscurry

Word family

7 related words
Relatedsortie
Derivedscramble competitionscramble crossingscramble dinnerscramble netice scramblepuck scramble

Collocations

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scowlscrabblescragglyscrapscrapbook

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