Meaning & use
scamble
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To move or struggle awkwardly, as if scrambling, or to shift for oneself by improvised, ungainly means (archaic/dialectal).
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The old text describes travelers who had to scamble across the rocky shore at low tide.
Left with no provisions, the soldiers were forced to scamble for whatever food they could find.
A note on using this word
A rare, largely obsolete word once common in Middle and early modern English, closely related to the modern 'scramble.'
Words with a similar meaning
scrambleshuffle
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