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• Scramble — may refer to:* Scramble, a team play scoring system in golf * Scramble (arcade game), a 1981 horizontally scrolling shoot em up, arcade game * Pedestrian scramble, a pedestrian crossing system that stops all traffic and allows pedestrians to… …   Wikipedia

• scramble — ► VERB 1) move or make one s way quickly and awkwardly, typically by using one s hands as well as one s feet. 2) make or become jumbled or muddled. 3) make (a broadcast transmission or telephone conversation) unintelligible unless received by an… …   English terms dictionary

• Scramble for Africa — For the book by Thomas Pakenham, see Thomas Pakenham (historian)#The Scramble for Africa. For information on the colonization of Africa prior to the 1880s, including Carthaginian and early European colonization, see Colonization of Africa. The… …   Wikipedia

• scramble — scram|ble1 [ skræmbl ] verb * ▸ 1 climb with difficulty ▸ 2 compete to achieve something ▸ 3 mix and cook egg ▸ 4 change electronic signal ▸ 5 take off in aircraft ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive scramble over/up/down/out of etc. to climb somewhere …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• scramble — I UK [ˈskræmb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms scramble : present tense I/you/we/they scramble he/she/it scrambles present participle scrambling past tense scrambled past participle scrambled * 1) a) [intransitive] to climb somewhere using your feet and …   English dictionary

• Scramble band — A scramble band also known as a scatter band is a particular type of field performing marching band with distinct characteristics that set it apart from other common forms of marching bands; most notably, scramble bands do not normally march. In… …   Wikipedia

• scramble — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ desperate, frantic, mad, undignified (esp. BrE) ▪ There was a mad scramble for the exits. PREPOSITION ▪ in a/the …   Collocations dictionary

• scramble — I. verb (scrambled; scrambling) Etymology: perhaps alteration of 1scrabble Date: 1568 intransitive verb 1. a. to move with urgency or panic b. to move or climb hastily on all fours 2. a. to strug …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• scramble — {{11}}scramble (n.) 1670s, from SCRAMBLE (Cf. scramble) (v.). Meaning rapid take off first recorded 1940, R.A.F. slang. {{12}}scramble (v.) 1580s, perhaps a nasalized variant of SCRABBLE (Cf. scrabble) (v.), in its sense of to struggle, to scrape …   Etymology dictionary

• scramble — /skram beuhl/, v., scrambled, scrambling, n. v.i. 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: The children scrambled for the coins we tossed. 3. to …   Universalium

• Off-Air Pickup — An Off Air Pickup was a method used by some small market television stations in the United States to receive and relay network programming. In the 1950s, a network of AT T coaxial cable and microwave relays known as Long Lines was constructed.… …   Wikipedia