English Explanatory Dictionary

scramb

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram.
  2. To pull down or rip off (something) with force.
  3. To scrape (something) together with the hands.
noun
  1. A handful of something scraped together.

Word forms

scramb scrambs scrambing scrambed

Etymology

The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen (“to graze, scratch”) and German schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (“a graze, scratch”); further etymology unknown. The noun is derived from the verb.

Related words

scramble scramp scram
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