[QUOTE] [B][SIZE=4]"scramble"[/SIZE][/B] [B]noun[/B] [LIST=1] [*]an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/scuffle]scuffle[/URL]] [*]rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/scamper]scamper[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/scurry]scurry[/URL]] [/LIST] [B]verb[/B] [LIST=1] [*]to move hurriedly; "The friend scrambled after them" [*]climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/clamber]clamber[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/shin]shin[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/shinny]shinny[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/skin]skin[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/struggle]struggle[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/sputter]sputter[/URL]] [*]bring into random order [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/jumble]jumble[/URL], [URL=http://www.word.sc/throw together]throw together[/URL]] [*]stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; "beat the cream" [syn: [URL=http://www.word.sc/beat]beat[/URL]] [*]make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it" [ant: [URL=http://www.word.sc/unscramble]unscramble[/URL]] [/LIST] Source: [URL=http://www.word.sc/scramble]http://www.word.sc/scramble[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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