scrambling Definition

scramble
verb scrambled, scrambling

intr
1. To crawl or climb using hands and feet, especially hurriedly or frantically.

Thesaurus: clamber, push, struggle, climb, jostle, scrabble.
intr
2. To struggle violently against others.

Example: There are starving people scrambling to find food
3. To get along or cope somehow.

Example: We'll just have to scramble through
4. To cook (eggs) whisked up with milk, butter, etc.
5. To throw or jumble together haphazardly.

Thesaurus: mix, combine, blend.
6. To rewrite (a message) in code form, for secret transmission.
7. To transmit (a message) in a distorted form intelligible only by means of an electronic scrambler.
intr
8. Said of military aircraft or air crew: to take off immediately in response to an emergency.

noun

1. An act of scrambling.
2. A dash or struggle to beat others in getting something.
3. A disorderly or chaotic performance.
4. A walk or hike over rough ground.
5. An immediate take-off in an emergency.
6. A cross-country motorcar or motorcycle race.

Derivative: scrambling
adj, noun

Etymology: 16c: from dialect scramb to rake together with the hands.