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Added 10 October 2026

scrambling

verb

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present participle and gerund of scramble
The Air Force is scrambling the fighter jets.

noun

The act by which something is scrambled.
The scrambling of the message made it harder to decode.
Ascending steep terrain using one's hands to assist in holds and balance.
The ability of a language to reorder arguments within a clause without changing the core meaning or violating grammaticality.

adjective

Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling.
Having a stem too weak to support itself, instead attaching to and relying on the stems or trunks of stronger plants.

Origin

(linguistics): Coined by American linguist John R. Ross in 1967.

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