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scramb

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The verb, especially sense 2 (“to scratch with the claws or fingernails”), is possibly related to Dutch schrammen (“to graze, scratch”) and German schrammen (“to scratch, scrape”), from Late Middle High German schramm, schramme (“a graze, scratch”); further etymology unknown.

The noun is derived from the verb.

verb scrambs · scrambing · scrambed

  1. UK, dialectal, transitive To scratch (something) with claws or fingernails; to claw, to scram.
  2. UK, dialectal, transitive To pull down or rip off (something) with force.
  3. UK, dialectal, obsolete, transitive To scrape (something) together with the hands.

noun scrambs

  1. UK, dialectal, transitive A handful of something scraped together.

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"scramb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scramb. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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scramb. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scramb

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"scramb." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scramb.

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@misc{scramb_2026,
  title = {scramb},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scramb},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}