adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of scramble form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Mixed, disordered, shuffled.

   "a scrambled TV signal, requiring decryption"

2. 2
   Beaten and cooked.

   "He always ate his eggs fried, never scrambled."

Adjective

1. 1
   thrown together in a disorderly fashion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

aimlessamalgamatedambiguousambivalentamphibiousbeyond one

Example

More examples

"The players scrambled for the ball."

Related phrases

scrambled eggs

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