Scramble — may refer to:* Scramble, a team play scoring system in golf * Scramble (arcade game), a 1981 horizontally scrolling shoot em up, arcade game * Pedestrian scramble, a pedestrian crossing system that stops all traffic and allows pedestrians to… … Wikipedia
scramble — scram|ble1 [ˈskræmbəl] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(climb)¦ 2¦(move quickly)¦ 3¦(do something quickly)¦ 4¦(compete)¦ 5¦(information/message)¦ 6¦(mix )¦ 7 scramble an egg 8 scramble somebody s brains 9¦(aircraft)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; Origin … Dictionary of contemporary English
scramble — [[t]skræ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] scrambles, scrambling, scrambled 1) VERB If you scramble over rocks or up a hill, you move quickly over them or up it using your hands to help you. [V prep/adv] Tourists were scrambling over the rocks looking for the perfect… … English dictionary
message — n. 1) to convey; relay; send, transmit a message 2) to deliver a message 3) to get, receive a message 4) to garble; scramble; unscramble a message 5) a clear; coded; garbled message 6) a message from; to 7) a message that + clause (we received a… … Combinatory dictionary
scramble — I UK [ˈskræmb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms scramble : present tense I/you/we/they scramble he/she/it scrambles present participle scrambling past tense scrambled past participle scrambled * 1) a) [intransitive] to climb somewhere using your feet and … English dictionary
scramble — scram|ble1 [ skræmbl ] verb * ▸ 1 climb with difficulty ▸ 2 compete to achieve something ▸ 3 mix and cook egg ▸ 4 change electronic signal ▸ 5 take off in aircraft ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive scramble over/up/down/out of etc. to climb somewhere … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
scramble — i. To encrypt any plain language message during the transmission process so as to make it unintelligible to a third party. ii. The whole action involved in getting interceptors into the air in the shortest time possible, sometimes without… … Aviation dictionary
Message from Space — For the Choose Your Own Adventure book reissued under this title, see The Third Planet from Altair. Message from Space Directed by Kinji Fukasaku … Wikipedia
scramble — /skram beuhl/, v., scrambled, scrambling, n. v.i. 1. to climb or move quickly using one s hands and feet, as down a rough incline. 2. to compete or struggle with others for possession or gain: The children scrambled for the coins we tossed. 3. to … Universalium
scramble — scram•ble [[t]ˈskræm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to climb or move quickly using one s hands and feet, as down a rough incline 2) to compete or struggle with others for possession or gain 3) to move hastily and with urgency 4) mil (of pilots or … From formal English to slang