scramble

scramble
1 verb
1 CLIMB (intransitive always + adv/prep) to climb up or over something with difficulty, using your hands to help you
(+ up/down/back etc): We scrambled up a rocky slope.
2 scramble to your feet to stand up quickly and awkwardly: He scrambled to his feet, blushing furiously.
3 COMPETE (I) to struggle or compete with other people to get or reach something
(+ for): People were scrambling madly for shelter.
4 INFORMATION/MESSAGE (T) technical to use special equipment to mix messages, radio signals etc into a different form, so that they cannot be understood by other people, especially an enemy: A magnetic field will scramble the information on a computer disk.
5 scramble an egg to cook an egg by mixing the white and yellow parts together and heating it
6 scramble sb's brains informal to make someone unable to think clearly or reasonably: This girl has taken enough drugs to completely scramble her brains.
7 AIRCRAFT (I) technical if a military plane scrambles, it goes up into the air very quickly in order to escape or to attack an enemy
2 noun
1 (singular) a difficult climb in which you have to use your hands to help you: a rough scramble over boulders
2 (singular) a situation in which people compete with and push each other in order to get what they want
(+ for): a scramble for the best seats | a scramble to do sth: a scramble to pick up the scattered coins
3 (singular) a situation in which something has to be done very quickly, with a lot of rushing around: mad scramble: It was a mad scramble trying to get things ready in time.
4 (C) a motorcycle race over rough ground

Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.

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Synonyms:
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