SCAMBLE

Verb

scamble (third-person singular simple present scambles, present participle scambling, simple past and past participle scambled)

(intransitive) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.

(intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.

(transitive) To mangle.

(transitive) To squander.

Anagrams

• becalms, malbecs

Source: Wiktionary

Scam"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scambled; p. pr. & vb. n. Scambling.] Etym: [Cf. OD. schampelen to deviate, to slip, schampen to go away, escape, slip, and E. scamper, shamble.]

1. To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble. "Some scambling shifts." Dr. H. More. "A fine old hall, but a scambling house." Evelyn.

2. To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble. "The scambling and unquiet time did push it out of . . . question." Shak.

Scam"ble, v. t.

Definition: To mangle. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition