1. (v. i.) To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.

2. (v. i.) 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.

3. (v. t.) To collect by scrambling; as, to scramble up wealth.

4. (v. t.) To prepare (eggs) as a dish for the table, by stirring the yolks and whites together while cooking.

5. (n.) The act of scrambling, climbing on all fours, or clambering.

6. (n.) The act of jostling and pushing for something desired; eager and unceremonious struggle for what is thrown or held out; as, a scramble for office.

Aesopian language Babel Greek action admix ado aerial combat affray agitation air cover air raid air support all fours all sorts alloy amalgamate argot armored combat arsy-varsiness assemblage assortment babble ball up battle battle royal bemingle blend bollix up bolt bombing bother botheration box brawl broad spectrum broil brouhaha brush bullfight bundle burst bustle cant career chase cipher clamber clash clash of arms climb close clutter coalesce cockfight code collide combat combine come to blows commingle commix commotion competition complicate compose compound concoct conflict confound confuse conglomerate conglomeration contend contention contest cover crawl crawling creep creeping crowd cryptogram cut and thrust dart dash dash off dash on disorder disturbance dogfight donnybrook donnybrook fair double Dutch double-time drive drive on dry run duel dustup embroilment emulsify exchange blows exchange of blows farrago feery-fary fence ferment festinate feud fidgetiness fight fight a duel fire fight fit flap fling flurry fluster flutter flutteriness foofaraw forge ahead foul up fracas fray free-for-all fumble fuse fuss fussiness gallimaufry garble get going get moving gibberish gift of tongues give and take give satisfaction glossolalia go ahead go all out go on tiptoe gobbledygook grapple grapple with ground combat grovel gumshoe gumshoeing hand-to-hand combat hand-to-hand fight hash hassle haste hasten helter-skelter hie higgledy-piggledy hodgepodge homogenize hotchpot hotchpotch house-to-house combat hubbub hullabaloo hump hump it hurry hurry on hurry through hurry up hurry-scurry hurtle hustle hysteron proteron immingle immix inch inch along integrate interblend interlace interlard intermingle intermix intertwine interweave jargon jostle joust jumble jungle knead leap litter lose no time maelstrom magpie make haste make things hum make unintelligible mash medley melange melee merge mess milk run mingle mingle-mangle miscellany mishmash mission mix mix it up mix up mixed bag move quickly muck up muddle mystify naval combat nightwalk nightwalking noise obfuscate obscure odds and ends olio olla podrida omnium-gatherum pad padding pandemonium passage of arms pasticcio pastiche patchwork pell-mell pi pitched battle play hob with plunge post pother potpourri press on prowl prowling push push on pussyfoot pussyfooting quarrel