To struggle or wriggle along as if on all fours; move on with difficulty or in a floundering manner, as by seizing objects with the hand and drawing the body forward: as, to scramble up a cliff; to scramble on in the world.
To struggle rudely or in a jostling manner with others for the purpose of grasping or getting something; strive eagerly, rudely, and without ceremony for or as if for something thrown on the ground: as, to scramble for pennies; to scramble for a living; to scramble for office.
To stir or toss together in a random fashion; mix and cook in a confused mass.
To throw down to be scrambled or struggled for: as, to scramble nuts.
To advance or push in a scrambling way.
noun.
A walk or ramble in which there is clambering and struggling with obstacles.
noun.
An eager, rude contest or struggle for the possession of something offered or desired; an unceremonious jostling or pushing for the possession of something.
In botany, to run or climb in all directions, especially over other plants. See scrambler, 2.