LekhoriLekhoriTo move hurriedly to a location, especially by using all limbs against a surface.
As half-time approached Fabregas had another chance to give Barcelona the lead. He collected an incisive Messi pass and this time beat Cech, who required Cole to scramble back and clear the ball off the line.
To proceed to a location or an objective in a disorderly manner.
To thoroughly combine and cook as a loose mass.
I scrambled some eggs with spinach and cheese.
A rush or hurry, especially making use of the limbs against a surface.
a last-minute scramble to the finish line
An emergency defensive air force mission to intercept attacking enemy aircraft.
Shouted when something desirable is thrown into a group of people who individually want that item, causing them to rush for it.
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from earlier dialectal scramble, scrammel (“to collect or rake together with the hands”), from scramb (“to pull or scrape together with the hands”) + -le (frequentative suffi...
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1984, Steve Harris, "Aces High", Iron Maiden, Powerslave. There goes the siren that warns of the air raid / Then comes the sound of the guns sending flak / Out for the scramble we've got to get airborne / Got to get up for the coming attack.
A motocross race.