scrambled
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- thrown together in a disorderly fashion“a scrambled plan of action”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
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. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
Of other care they little reckoning make, Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.— Milton.[1913 Webster]