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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
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