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Definition of Scrambling
1. a. Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
Definition of Scrambling
1. Verb. (present participle of scramble) ¹
2. Noun. An act of scrambling. ¹
3. Adjective. Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Scrambling
1. scramble [v] - See also: scramble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrambling
Literary usage of Scrambling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Thus, treatment of the alcohol with hydrogen chloride gave 100% scrambling.
Conversion of the alcohol to the methyl ether by methanolysis in the presence of ..."
2. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"A large scrambling or climbing shrub, probably dioecious, common in many parts
of India. Outer Himalaya, ascending to 4000 ft., ..."
3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"Finding a bag of money, they made him throw it by handfuls on the floor, whilst
they amused themselves in scrambling for it. IN the year 1786, ..."
4. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of Charles II by Gilbert Burnet (1840)
"... nor court favour, had appeared ; men were not scrambling for preferment, nor
using arts, or employing friends to set them forward; on the contrary, ..."
5. Bishop Burnet's History of His Own Time: From the Restoration of King by Gilbert Burnet (1850)
"... men were not scrambling for preferment, nor using arts, or employing friends
to set them forward ; on the contrary, men were sought for, and brought out ..."
6. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"So the House fell a-scrambling for them like boys: and my cozen Roger had one
directed to him, which he lent me to read. Mr. Houblon come late to me; ..."
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