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| scrambling | |
| The Air Force is scrambling the fighter jets. |  |
| When you start scrambling eggs, look first for tiny pieces of eggshell that might have fallen in. | |
| 1. n. An act of scrambling. | |
| The scrambling of the message made it harder to decode. | |
| 2. adj. Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. | |
| 3. adj. (botany) Having a stem too weak to support itself, instead attaching to and relying on the stems or trunks of stronger plants. | |
| scramble | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner. | |
| 3. v. (transitive of food ingredients usually including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass. | |
| I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese. | |
| 4. v. To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener. | |
| 5. v. (transitive, military) To quickly deploy (vehicles, usually aircraft) to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive, sports) To partake in motocross. | |
| 7. v. (intransitive) To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity. | |
| 8. v. To gather or collect by scrambling. | |
| to scramble up wealth | |
| 9. v. 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. | |
| 10. n. A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface. | |
| a last-minute scramble to the finish line | |
| 11. n. (military) An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft. | |
| 12. n. A motocross race. | |
| 13. n. Any frantic period of activity. | |
| 14. interj. (UK) Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it. | |
