Scamble
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈskæmbəl/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Scamble is a verb meaning (intransitive) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.
Meaning
(intransitive) To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them […]
finding my Wood cut in Patches , and other parts of it scambled and cut before it was at its Growth
How easy dost thou take all England up! From forth this morsel of dead royalty, The life, the right and truth of all this realm Is fled to heaven; and England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state.
Word Forms
- scambles
- scambling
- scambled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include shamble, scramble, cramble, scuffle, shuffle, shool.
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