Dictionary entry

Scramble

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scram″ble (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Scrambled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Scrambling (?).] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf. Scrabble.] 1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

Of other care they little reckoning make,

Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast. Milton.