Scramble

skram′bl, v.i. to struggle to seize something before others: to catch at or strive for rudely: to wriggle along on all-fours.— v.t. to throw down to be scrambled for: to advance or push.— n. act of scrambling: a struggle for office.— n. Scram′bler .— adj. Scram′bling , confused and irregular.— adv. Scram′blingly , in a scrambling manner: irregularly: unceremoniously. [Prov. Eng. scramb , to rake together with the hands, or scramp , to snatch at; nearly allied to scrabble and scrape .]