Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
thrown together in a disorderly fashion;
- Example: "a scrambled plan of action"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Scramble \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.
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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.
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Of other care they little reckoning make,
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.
--Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
scrambled
adj 1: thrown together in a disorderly fashion; "a scrambled
plan of action"