Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 9 compound words that contain scramble. The most common are listed below. Open scramble in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- lolly scrambleAn event where lollies are thrown on the ground for children to pick up, often at parades, school galas, community events, etc.
- Scramble for AfricaThe proliferation of conflicting European claims to African territories during the New Imperialist period between 1881 and 1914.
- hare scrambleA motorcycle or quad race though wooded or natural terrain.
- ice scrambleice scramble (Filipino shaved ice dessert with banana extract, sugar, evaporated milk or condensed milk, topped with a variety of ingredients)
- pedestrian scrambleA road intersection where all traffic is stopped, allowing pedestrians to cross in all directions including diagonally.
- scramble bandA kind of marching band whose members run from one form to another without following a predefined path.
- scramble bandsplural of scramble band: A kind of marching band whose members run from one form to another without following a predefined path.
- scramble competitionA type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all, resulting in each competitor obtaining an equally partitioned amount and thus never the amount it needs.
- scramble crossingAn intersection at which traffic lights stop traffic from all directions to allow pedestrians to cross in any direction including diagonally.
- scramble upTo cook (eggs) into scrambled eggs.
- tofu scrambleA tofu dish resembling scrambled egg but suitable for vegans.
- scramble competitionsplural of scramble competition: A type of competition where the resource is inadequate to fit the needs of all, resulting in each competitor obtaining an equally partitioned amount and thus never the amount it needs.
- scramble crossingsplural of scramble crossing: An intersection at which traffic lights stop traffic from all directions to allow pedestrians to cross in any direction including diagonally.
- scramble dinnerA potluck supper.
- scramble dinnersplural of scramble dinner: A potluck supper.
- scramble netA net used to allow people to climb off a ship in an emergency.
- scramble netsplural of scramble net: A net used to allow people to climb off a ship in an emergency.
- time scrambleA situation in which one or both players have very little remaining time on their clocks, therefore increasing the chance of inaccuracies or blunders being played as well as the risk of flagging.
Compound words 9
- descrambleTo decode or unscramble a coded signal
- scramblyInvolving a certain amount of climbing.
- rescrambleTo scramble again.
- scramblevisionpay-per-view television watched without a descrambler, so that the picture is distorted or missing
- scramblaseAny of a group of enzymes that aid the translocation of phospholipids across cell membranes.
- scrambleheadA stupid or muddle-headed person.
- scramblesomeCharacterised or marked by scrambling (all senses)
- scramblebrainedstupid; dim-witted
- scrambleheadsplural of scramblehead: A stupid or muddle-headed person.