scrambling

Meanings

1. present participle and gerund of scramble

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

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

Etymology

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