the action of scrambling up or over rough or steep ground, especially as a leisure activity

the final push for the summit involved some exhilarating scrambling

the alteration of the speech frequency of a telephone conversation or broadcast transmission so as to make it unintelligible without a decoding device

he activated the aircraft's radar scrambling unit

make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet

we scrambled over the damp boulders

order (a fighter aircraft or its pilot) to take off immediately in an emergency or for action

the Hurricanes were scrambled again, this time meeting Italian fighters

make (something) jumbled or muddled

maybe the alcohol has scrambled his brains

(of a quarterback) run with the ball behind the line of scrimmage, avoiding tackles

McNabb scrambled in the third quarter and threw a touchdown pass to Maddox