scambling
scambling is the present participle and gerund of scamble.
Meaning of scamble
Verb
scamble (third-person singular simple present scambles, present participle scambling, simple past and past participle scambled)
- To move awkwardly; to be shuffling, irregular, or unsteady; to sprawl; to shamble.
- Or if you will say, that there may some scambling shift be made without them […]1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 61
- To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.
- 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.1596, Shakespeare, King John, act IV scene III
- How easy dost thou take all England up!
- To mangle.
- finding my Wood cut in Patches , and other parts of it scambled and cut before it was at its Growth1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
- To squander.
Noun
scambling (plural scamblings)
Forms of scambling
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Words formed from scambling
Phrases with scambling
Questions about scambling
- What does scambling mean?
- Scambling means a hasty meal.
- What is scambling the present participle and gerund of?
- Scambling is the present participle and gerund of scamble.
- What part of speech is scambling?
- Scambling is a noun.
- What is the plural of scambling?
- The plural of scambling is scamblings.
Words near scambling in the dictionary
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