From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
scrambled
adj : thrown together in a disorderly fashion; "a scrambled plan
of action"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Scramble \Scram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Scrambled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Scrambling.] [Freq. of Prov. E. scramb to rake
together with the hands, or of scramp to snatch at. cf.
Scrabble.]
1. To clamber with hands and knees; to scrabble; as, to
scramble up a cliff; to scramble over the rocks.
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2. To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon
the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something;
to catch rudely at what is desired.
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Of other care they little reckoning make,
Than how to scramble at the shearer's feast.
--Milton.
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