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1. To move hurriedly
   "The friend scrambled after them"
    
2. Climb awkwardly over rough or steep ground, often also using hands
   - clamber, shinny [N. Amer, informal], struggle
    
3. Bring into random order
   - jumble, throw together
    
4. Make unintelligible
   "scramble the message so that nobody can understand it"
    
5. (military) quickly deploy vehicles, esp. aircraft, in response to an emergency or make an attack
    
6. (cooking) stir vigorously
   "scramble the egg whites";
   - beat

1. An unceremonious and disorganized struggle
   - scuffle
    
2. Rushing about hastily in an undignified way
   - scamper, scurry, scutter [Brit]
    
3. A confused multitude of things
   - clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
    
4. A motocross race

Derived forms: scrambles, scrambling, scrambled

Type of: agitate, alter, battle, change, climb, commove, disarray, disorder, disorderliness, disturb, go, haste, hurry, locomote, modify, move, raise up, rush, rushing, shake up, stir up, struggle, travel, vex

Antonym: unscramble

Encyclopedia: Scramble