Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scamble

/ˈskæmbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: scam-ble
IPA: /ˈskæmbəl/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.

Intransitive verb

verb

To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.

Intransitive verb

verb

Transitive verb

verb

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them […]"
"How easy dost thou take all England up! From forth this morsel of dead royalty, The life, the right and truth of all this realm Is fled to heaven; and England now is left To tug and scamble and to part by the teeth The unowed interest of proud-swelling state."
"finding my Wood cut in Patches , and other parts of it scambled and cut before it was at its Growth"

Usage

Inflected Forms

scambles (present, singular) scambling (participle, present) scambled (participle, past) scambled (past)

Derived Forms

scambler scamblingly

Questions

How do you pronounce scamble?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskæmbəl/.
What does scamble mean?: To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.

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