Scrambling - English meaning

verb

Climb or move in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet.

Usage examples:

I clambered out of the trench

noun

An awkward and laborious climb or movement.

Usage examples:

A clamber up the cliff path

verb

To climb somewhere with difficulty, often needing to use both hands and feet

Usage examples:

The baby clambered up the stairs.

verb

Go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend.

Usage examples:

We began to climb the hill

noun

An ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing.

Usage examples:

This walk involves a long moorland climb

verb

Go up or advance

verb

Make (someone) bewildered or perplexed.

Usage examples:

Past and present blurred together, confusing her still further

verb

To cause someone to feel uncertain or unclear, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You’re confusing me – please repeat the directions more slowly., you’re confusing me with my sister…

verb

To mix up someone's mind or ideas, or to make something difficult to understand

Usage examples:

You're confusing him! tell him slowly and one thing at a time., stop confusing the issue (= making …

verb

Move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.

Usage examples:

They crawled from under the table

noun

An act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground.

Usage examples:

They began the crawl back to their own lines

verb

Move slowly

verb

Make untidy or disordered.

Usage examples:

Had any of the statues been removed or disarranged?

verb

To make something untidy

noun

A state of confusion.

Usage examples:

The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

noun

A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization

Usage examples:

The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

verb

To cause someone to stop what the person is doing, or to interrupt an activity

Usage examples:

Please don’t disturb jimmy – he’s trying to do his homework., this year’s election campaign has dis…

verb

To interrupt what someone is doing

Usage examples:

Please don't disturb your sister - she's trying to do her homework., i'm sorry to disturb you so la…

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

Usage examples:

The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

Usage examples:

Her life was in a muddle.

verb

Scratch or grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something.

Usage examples:

She scrabbled at the grassy slope, desperate for purchase

noun

An act of scratching or scrambling for something.

Usage examples:

He heard the scrabble of claws behind him

verb

To move your hands or fingers quickly to find and pick up something, esp. something that you cannot see

Usage examples:

She scrabbled around in her bag, trying to find her keys.

verb

Another term for shimmy.

Usage examples:

He loved to shinny up that tree

noun

An informal form of ice hockey played especially by children, on the street or on ice, often with a ball or other object in place of a puck.

Usage examples:

We used to play shinny on the canal with tin cans

verb

To climb smoothly up, down, or along something by holding it tightly with your arms and legs

Usage examples:

People shinnied up telegraph poles, clambered onto rooftops and even swarmed the field to watch gam…