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Definition of "scrambling" []

  • Present participle of scramble. (verb)
  • An act of scrambling. (noun)
  • Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. (adjective)

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Use "scrambling" in a sentence
  • "If you heard the word scrambling, that's really what a lot of quarterbacks and receivers are doing right now, scrambling to get together in the communication and the timing of things."
  • "So said the witness, a man who'd pulled over to see what was going on, why a tall, dark-haired teenager was scrambling from a car to race for the tracks when a train was coming ..."
  • "Los Angeles had Utah scrambling from the beginning, going 15-for-20 in the first quarter and shutting down every mini-run the Jazz made until it was too late."