Verb

(scrambl)

To move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.

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* 1898 , , (Moonfleet) Chapter 3

When I saw the coffin I knew that I was respited, for, as I judged, there was space between it and the wall behind enough to contain my little carcass; and in a second I had put out the candle, scrambled up the shelves, half-stunned my senses with dashing my head against the roof, and squeezed my body betwixt wall and coffin.

To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.

(transitive, of food ingredients, usually, including egg) To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.

I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.

To process (telecommunication signals) to make them unintelligible to an unauthorized listener.

(military) To quickly enter (vehicles, usually aircraft) and proceed to a destination in response to an alert, usually to intercept an attacking enemy.

(sports) To partake in motocross.

To ascend rocky terrain as a leisure activity.

To gather or collect by scrambling.

to scramble up wealth

(Marlowe)

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.

* Milton

Of other care they little reckoning make, / Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.

Verb

(trekk)

To make a slow or arduous journey.

To journey on foot, especially to hike through mountainous areas.

(South Africa) To travel by ox wagon.