scramble
51scramble — verb 1》 move or make one s way quickly and awkwardly, typically by using one s hands as well as one s feet. ↘informal act in a hurried, disorderly, or undignified manner: firms scrambled to win public sector contracts. 2》 (with reference to… …
52scramble — I. v. n. 1. Struggle (as in climbing), scrabble. 2. Struggle, strive. 3. Climb (with difficulty), clamber. II. n. Struggle, contest, scrabble …
53scramble — v 1. hurry, move quickly, hasten; rush, lose no time, make haste; race, scurry, spurt, whisk; press on, push on, bustle, scamper, scuttle; flee, hotfoot, hotfoot it, hightail, hightail it, Inf. skedaddle, beat a retreat; whip away, run like mad,… …
54scramble — scram·ble …
55scramble — scram•ble [[t]ˈskræm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to climb or move quickly using one s hands and feet, as down a rough incline 2) to compete or struggle with others for possession or gain 3) to move hastily and with urgency 4) mil (of pilots or …
56scramble — Huikau, ho ohuikau (mix); pākā. ♦ Scrambled eggs, hua kai, hua pākā …
57scramble — v. & n. v. 1 intr. make one s way over rough ground, rocks, etc., by clambering, crawling, etc. 2 intr. (foll. by for, at) struggle with competitors (for a thing or share of it). 3 intr. move with difficulty, hastily, or anxiously. 4 tr. a mix… …
58Scramble for Africa — Cecil Rhodes: Kap Kairo Eisenbahn Projekt. Gründer der De Beers Minengesellschaft, eine der ersten Dia …
59scramble net — noun A net used for people to climb off a ship in an emergency …
60scramble competition — noun A type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all, resulting in each competitor obtaining an equally partitioned amount and thus, never the amount it needs. ::, Applied to living things, this type of competition… …
