scramble

n 1: an unceremonious and disorganized struggle [syn: {scuffle}]

2: rushing about hastily in an undignified way [syn: {scamper},

{scurry}]

v 1: to move hurriedly: "The friend scrambled after them."

2: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {clamber}, {shin},

{shinny}, {skin}, {struggle}, {sputter}]

3: bring into random order [syn: {jumble}, {throw together}]

4: stir vigorously; "beat the egg whites"; beat the cream"

[syn: {beat}]

5: make unintelligible; "scramble the message so that nobody

can understand it" [ant: {unscramble}]

scribble

To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally

destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program

went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was

working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on

low core." Synonymous with {trash}; compare {mung}, which

conveys a bit more intention, and {mangle}, which is more

violent and final.

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